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What's the Big News?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate healthy eating by choosing a variety of foods.  In this personal health instructional activity, students read the story Big News! Straight from the Heart, and discuss which characters ate which foods....
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Calorie Countdown

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze their caloric intake and energy output. In this nutrition and health lesson, 5th graders use the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to evaluate their personal food intake and activity level. Students explore the...
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Fantasy Food Groups Fun Land

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create their own Fantasy Food Group Fun Lands.
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The Birchbark House Foods Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this food worksheet, students read the book The Birchbark House and list the foods in the story along with making an X by the food if they have eaten it and then write which food group it is in. Students have 11 foods...
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Food Group Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play a game of concentration using various foods to make matches. A match consists of foods from the same food group or combination foods that contain the same combination of food groups.
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The Quicker the Better? Food Processing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore food processing. For this food processing lesson, 6th graders investigate the effects of processing foods on the food's nutritional value. Students examine a variety of healthy snack options.
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Get Your Calcium-Rich Foods

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore foods in the dairy group. In this dairy food activity, 6th graders examine the nutritional value of dairy foods and determine the proper number of dairy servings per day. Students also evaluate numerous food labels...
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Nutrition and Physical Activity

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of...
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Serving Up My Plate

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Within three nutrition-themed, inquiry-based learning opportunities, pupils take notice of their eating habits; delve deep into the five food groups, gain experience in planning meals, participate in a taste test, and explore ads...
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Choose My Plate

MyPlate Secret Code

For Students 2nd - 4th
Can your scholars crack the code? Class members put on their detective cap to solve four sentences related to healthy eating, cooking, and the five major food groups by following a code comprised of images. 
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Pyramid of Biomass

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners interpret data to demonstrate biomass and number pyramids. They use information to draw conclusions and examine an example of biological magnification.
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Food Chain Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how a food chain functions. They define what a food chain is, and act out a food chain with the students acting as different animals. Students then sing the song "I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," and...
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Science: Coral Reef Food Pyramid

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students construct numbers pyramids using fictional data from a coral reef. they tally the numbers of carnivores, herbivores, and producers. Students next build a pyramid shape in which they put their numbers of producers, herbivores,...
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Food Chains, Food Webs, Biomass Pyramids and Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this food chains worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by placing 16 terms into the puzzle that match the clues given. Students review food webs, biomass pyramids, and the water cycle.
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How Do People Get Energy?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this food energy worksheet, students will write in examples of different foods that fit into the four food groups: grains, protein, fruits and vegetables, and milk products.
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Healthy Eating Habits

For Teachers 4th - 7th
This Healthy Eating PowerPoint summarizes what the different parts of food are and some important examples and facts about each.
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THE FOODS WE EAT

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the five food groups and the seven basic nutrients. They decorate Food We Eat booklet pages with pictures of foods found on background, rubber stamp and animation tools in KidPix. (Booklet has a page for each food group.)
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Food Chains

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate food chains. They review cycles and discuss ecosystems. They select an environment and create a food chain in small groups. They write their food chain and label it for the class to evaluate. They create...
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Water Pollution and Food Chains

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the effect of pollution in our food chains. In this plant biology lesson, 6th graders first experiment with pollution by placing a carnation in colored water. Next they use a food chain triangle to see the...
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Oceanography: Understanding the Relationship Among Ocean Food Chains

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore relationships among organisms involved in ocean food chains to investigate interdependence of the organisms.
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"Filler-Up" with Premium Fuel

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate nutrition guidelines and recommendations to present what the information to their class. Based on their assessment of current habits, they determine which areas they would like to improve to reach goals for good...
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They Don't Just Eat Grass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars consider the USDA daily recommendations to create a "feed" product for middle schoolers. In this Health lesson, students learn about the ingredients in feed that is fed to livestock and apply the method to creating feed...
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Snack Smart Move More

For Teachers K - 5th
Show your kids that staying healthy is the smart choice! They examine nutrition, healthy snacks, and the importance of staying active in a several-part lesson plan. There are different ideas for older and younger students here, and you...
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What A Tangled Web We Weave

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners of many ages discuss how all organisms rely on other organisms for their survival. They construct a food web and energy pyramids, and write an informative essay about the food web that they have designed.

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