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Math Nutrition

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use nutritional knowledge to plan balanced meals and use grocery store flyers to calculate costs of the meals. They create word problems using these flyers.
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Food Group Fitness Relay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, put in teams, line up behind one of numbered cones. Player #1 in each group does designated locomotor skill, hop, skip, gallop, slide, etc., to center circle and selects a food card, then brings card back and places it under...
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Seed to Plate

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students record the development of a garden on digital cameras and research the nutrition that comes from growing food in a garden. In this garden and nutrition lesson plan, students also explain to younger students the importance of...
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Health and Growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the five food groups and categorize healthy and unhealthy foods on a chart. Students develop their own menus.
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Kumara Math

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore nutrition by completing math problems in class. In this food conversions lesson, students identify what the kumara plant is and how it can contribute to human health by regularly consuming an appropriate amount. Students...
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Using Menus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice foreign language vocabulary and problem solving, by asking questions and ordering from a menu. Working in pairs, students role play activities related to ordering from a menu in a foreign language. Activities for...
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Say Cheese!

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify the different WIC cheese choices. In this health lesson, students compare the nutrient content of various cheese. They share cheese cooking tips.
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Pizza Portions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore mathematics by participating in a pizza pie activity. In this nutrition lesson, students identify the caloric intake in a piece of pizza and estimate the average number of slices eaten by a person. Students utilize...
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Preparing Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss ways to properly clean fruit and vegetables. In this adult health lesson, students explain the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. They suggest ways to store food for future use.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in activities associated with the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". They practice using new vocabulary and the days of the week. They create a book about what they ate on the different days of the week and how the...
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Consumerism - Labeling Lab With Convenience Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the role of the consumer in the economy and the purpose of labels on products. In groups, they follow a recipe for a calzone using only pre-made dough, sauces and toppings. To end the lesson plan, they create their own...
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BMI For Kids - Body Mass Index

For Students K - 5th
Promote healthy lifestyles with an interactive that provides young learners with healthy nutrition and exercise messages. Class members plug their height and weight information into an online body mass index calculator, and hear positive...
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Breakfast Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this crossword worksheet, students solve the crossword puzzle by using the clues. The crossword puzzle clues are based on breakfast food items.
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Explore a Family Recipe Creative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the connections between food and culture by investigating the cultural influences, preparation, and historical ties of the food that people eat. They comprehend how geography and climate effects what people eat...
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Nutrition 2: Good Food, Good Health

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ways in which food provides energy and materials for our bodies.
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Healthy Snacking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate healthy snack foods. In this healthy snack foods lesson, students discover what good snacks consist off and how healthy snacking can improve health. They design the perfect snack machine using the associated...
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Eco-Healthy Lunch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan healthy lunches and how to dispose of their lunch waste. In this pre-field trip lesson, students and teachers plan healthy, nutritious lunches to bring on a field trip. They also discuss how to sort their garbage into the...
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Using Pop Art Imagery to Inspire Healthy Eating

For Teachers 8th
Create a visual art project about obesity. In this art lesson, 8th graders research and explain the importance of eating healthy and exercise. They document their eating habits in their journal and analyze it.
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Bread in a Bag

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Could the history of bread really be interesting? Yes, it could! An informational text gives scholars wheat production background from 8,000 years ago, discussing different types of bread and the current industry in Oklahoma. Learners...
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A Healthy Diet is a Balancing Act

For Students 5th
It's important to teach kids how to have a balanced diet. They are provided with six different meals, they fill in the blanks to complete each one to make it balanced. The answers could be anything and the meals offered don't seem very...
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Elementary School Health and Wellness Fair

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is a nice idea for high school high schoolers to organize and present a Health and Wellness Fair at a local elementary school. It looks like it would take a lot of organization, but would certainly build community relationships....
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The Power of Peanuts

For Students 9th - 12th
Measure the amount of energy in a peanut by igniting a chemical reaction. Classes use a laboratory setup to burn a peanut and measure the amount of heat it releases through a temperature analysis. They calculate the number of Joules of...
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Health and Fitness Expo

For Teachers 4th - 5th
A health and fitness expo hosted by the 4th and 5th grade PE classes for the entire school. This is a great idea! There are 10 activities that are listed for the classes to participate in. For each of the activities, there is an...
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Super Size Me Video Questions

For Students 9th - 12th
If you are planning on showing the movie Super Size Me in your health or biology class, this is a resource you will not want to overlook! Thirty-one questions keep viewers gleaning facts, and then seven more questions help them to apply...

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