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Three Healthful Meals: A Practical Food-Guide-Pyramid Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students activate their knowledge of the food guide pyramid and the basic food groups in order to plan nutritious meals. They collect a handful of food images from magazines and glue them to the appropriate plates.
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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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Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd
Student analyze pictures of food items to determine which of the six food pyramid groups they belong to. They tape the pictures onto a poster of the food pyramid. Upon completing the food pyramid, they draw balance meals on paper plates...
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Pyramid Play

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners investigate the concept of the Food Pyramid. They use a game as a tool of discovery in order to classify different types of food in the pyramid. Upon completion of the game the students construct their own models of it.
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Eat Right!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discuss the food pyramid. They create healthy meals using the food pyramid.
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Learning About My Eating Habits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore their own dietary habits and identify food pyramid guidelines including serving sizes and recommended portions. They complete worksheets, conduct Internet research and evaluate school lunches.
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Why Walk?

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book Yummers. They use the food pyramid to evaluate what Emily Pig ate during her walk and find out why her walk made her sick. They participate in a walking game.
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Health: Diet and Nutrition

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students access a variety of nutrition and health related resources on the Internet. They examine the food pyramid, match food groups, play interactive games, read an online story, analyze the labels on food packaging, and take a...
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The Five a Day Adventure Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, after examining a food pyramid, demonstrate their knowledge and use of their classroom computers by researching the nutritional content of fruits and vegetables. They also compare/contrast serving sizes and nutrients in...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the components of a balanced diet and practice making healthy diet choices. They discuss health-enhancing choices. Students investigate the food pyramid and how to use it to make educated menu decisions. They...
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What's on My Plate?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Kids work together in groups to discuss and understand the differences between a typical diet and a healthy one. They use the My Plate recommendations to compare what they eat with what they should be eating according to the MyPlate...
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A Healthy You

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Go beyond counting calories with a healthy eating unit that focuses on reading nutritional labels, making healthy choices, and incorporating fitness into daily life. After four lessons about the different ways kids can improve their...
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The Human Body Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 1st Standards
A read-aloud anthology showcases various stories about the human body. Scholars participate in lessons that introduce a reading, listen to and discuss the reading, then complete in-class and at-home practice.
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Apples: A Class Act! (Grades 4–6)

For Students 4th - 6th
Middle schoolers have a bushel of fun as they engage in activities and research core facts about apples. Packed with suggestions for in-class activities and out-of-class research, the colorful 6-page packet is sure to satisfy hungry...
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The Pyramid Power is Yours

For Students 3rd
For this food group worksheet, 3rd graders complete a word search. Students locate the names of each food group within the pyramid.
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Ecology: The Food Web

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ecology activity, students match the vocabulary to the definitions, then represent producers and consumers by drawing a Pyramid of Numbers.
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Create a Food Chain

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students build food chain pyramid from teacher-created carton cubes, and discuss plants and animals and their places in the food chain.
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How History Changed the Way We Eat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the history of the food pyramid and how it evolved and changed into its modern state. After being presented with the information they conduct classroom discussions about the research.
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Our Daily Five

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the food pyramid through a class discussion, hands-on experience with food items, and a floor game that helps them to identify the food group involved. Lesson extensions include the use of play money, art, and dance.
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Good Enough To Eat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners are introduced to the five food groups. In groups, they place different foods into the correct section of the Food Pyramid. Using different types of technology, they create one page of a class ABC book sharing what they know...
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Healthy Choice Shopping Frenzy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the four food groups. In this food pyramid lesson. students use pictures of food to determine what food group they belong to. Foods that are placed in the wrong place are discussed.
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Pizza for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Pizza is the inspiration for the cross-curricular lesson detailed here. Start out with a poem about pizza and move into a discussion about balanced eating. To close the language arts portion of the lesson, ask your pupils to write...
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Pyramid Panic Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research human health by identifying fatty and sugary foods. In this food choices lesson, students discuss the five food groups and examine the healthiest choices from each group. Students utilize the web to complete a health...

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