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Owl Pellets

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students dissect owl pellets, and compare, identify and record rodent skeletal parts. They compare rodent skeletal diagrams to human skeletal diagrams.
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May I Take Your Order?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
If you're a pest, come and get a tasty meal here! Scholars work collaboratively to construct a mini restaurant out of a shoe box and create a menu that feeds a pest their favorite food. 
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Watering Our Prairie Farms

For Teachers 5th - 8th
After reading an article about irrigation on Canadian farms, learners participate in a discussion. They individually write an opinion paper about the surrounding issues. A lesson like this can be used in an earth science class when...
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Where in the World Can I Find a Healthy Diet?

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
What constitutes a healthy diet? In what way is a healthy diet defined and influenced by culture? Groups investigate the community and national resources available in a country, and then design a healthy diet for its citizens.
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Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use a computer and the internet to click on highlighted words to find certain answers. They then write the answer to the questions on paper. Finally, students choose one animal to write about. They research the animal on the...
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Carbon - The Short and the Long

For Teachers 1st - 6th
For this complex game about the carbon cycle, the playing field is divided into air, living, and earth zones. Children are assigned to be either plants or animals, and collect carbon tokens as they proceed from zone to zone. While the...
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Food and You

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify why humans are dependent on natural resources and the problems associated with their use and demonstrate how humans affect their environment. They also describe the different components and natural resources that go...
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Ethnic Foods Exchange

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the following topics: geography and culture, types of foods, cooking utensils, and cooking techniques used. They present in groups, then prepare ethnic food products.
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Food Shopping Tips

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore different ways of shopping to try to save money.  In this economics lesson, 12th graders participate in a game that explains various shopping tips.  Students generate other shopping tips as a group to...
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How Many Bacteria on Your Food?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss and conduct a food safety experiment which looks at bacteria and food poisoning. They swab the other area of some food and grow bacteria in an agar plate.
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Magic Reindeer Food

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create reindeer food. In this Christmas holiday lesson, students work as a group to make reindeer food. Students add oatmeal, sugar and glitter together to make the food.
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Health: Food Borne Illnesses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how to inhibit food borne illnesses by practicing safe food-handling techniques. Among topics they examine are the advantages and disadvantages of using wooden or plastic cutting boards. After studying for the test,...
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What Food Is It?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students close their eyes and taste foods without using the sense of sight to identify the foods. They record what they think the food is that they tasted.
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Basic Nutrition (Nutri/Food)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the nutrition found in a food and compare it to the nutrition found in similar food. They compare the nutrition of different products and complete the student worksheet Pyramid Pizzazz. This can be done at the beginning...
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Favorite Foods at Thanksgiving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study different types of graphs as a means of displaying information. They survey others to find their favorite Thanksgiving food and then graph the results using different types of graphs.
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Coral Reef Community Drama: Scene Description

For Teachers K
Students are organized into groups and are assigned puppets according to what sea creature their group represents. In this reef lesson, students identify sea creatures according to their place in the food chain then discuss how these...
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Food and Nutrition Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review materials prior to taking a test that includes food preparation. After playing a version of Jeopardy as a review, they fill out lab planning sheets which detail what they plan to prepare, including ingredients and...
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Group Foraging

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore co-operation by researching ocean life. In this fish science activity, students identify many vocabulary terms associated with oceanography and discuss what group foraging means among fish. Students utilize paints and...
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Giant Fast Food - McTwisted

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discover the basics of Trademark Law understanding that companies are very protective of their trademarks and trade dress. Companies should be contacted for permission to derive their products. After obtaining permission,...
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Food Additives

For Students 9th - 12th
In this food additives worksheet, students will read information about the use of curing salt and ion nitrates to preserve food and the health problems that can occur from using these substances. Students will then answer 4 short answer...
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Foods ll Introductory Review

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify and explain the appropriate use and care of basic kitchen equipment. They assess their skill level to determine to what extent to cover the basics in kitchen equipment, microwave cooking, abbreviations,...
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Competing For Food

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the hunting and gathering aspects of the Washoe culture. They are assigned roles, and participate in a simulation of surviving through the seasons by competing for food with other people and tribes.
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Science – How Living Things are Grouped

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this classification of living things worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer, 10 true or false, 4 multiple choice, and 4 graphic organizer questions regarding how living things are grouped.
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Three Main Rock Groups

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. They use foods to demonstrate the basic formation of each type of rock, read books about rock formation and view related videos.

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