Students investigate the concept of the food pyramid. The instructional activity includes background information for the teacher to lecture students about the food pyramid. They construct a model of the pyramid using cereal boxes. The...

Students create a bookmark, book cover and book review for a book they read. In this nutrition meets literacy lesson, students read a book about food and complete creative projects based upon the book. Some of the ideas included in this...

Second graders explore weather. In this weather lesson, 2nd graders read Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and participate in four supplemental science activities. Students participate in Internet research, create weather maps,...