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What Do You Know About the Human Microbiome?

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars answer 10 multiple choice questions to test their knowledge about the human body and microbes. Correct answers come with a rewarding tone and brief description.
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Bagels or Donuts

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore business problems through mathematical analysis. The task has individuals write and graph a linear system to determine the best business model. They use their models to answer a series of questions that help to make a conclusion.
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Oh That Gross Digestive System!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students get an understanding of the main components of the digestive system and how the system takes the food we eat and converts it into energy.
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Food Web

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to define food web, and identify the interdependence of organisms within a system. They are able to describe how natural events and human activities can impact a food web.
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How Food Moves Through the Body

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this food and digestion activity, students read a short article the digestive system and choose the multiple choice answer for 11 questions. Students also put the organs that food moves through in the correct sequential order.
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The Digestive System: An Overview

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students label main structures of the digestive system, describe each structure's function, and describe sequence of events involved in digestion.
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Food Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an experiment to test a hypothesis. They use their knowledge of antigen-antibody specificity to develop a hypothesis. Students articulate that the antibody-antigen specificity is one part of the immune system. They...
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Questions regarding the Digestive System

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this science related worksheet, students locate and answer thirty three multiple choice questions regarding the digestive system in humans.
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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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Primary/Elementary Activity: Energy in Food

For Students 4th - 5th
In this food energy worksheet, students rank the foods by the amount of energy they think the various food items have in them. Students then answer the 4 questions about food energy.
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Inside Out: An Up-Close Look At Foods We Eat

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the origins of meats and vegetables consumed by humans on a daily basis. They classify foods (meats, dairy products, grains...) and create a food pyramid.
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Fast Food: You Can Choose!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research the nutritional value of fast food. They assess which fast foods are best and worst to eat. They organize their data into tables and graphs and explain their findings to other students.
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Money for Food

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars identify low cost, nutritious foods from each of the food groups. In this low cost nutrition lesson, students use the handout "Saving Money on Foods from MyPyramid" and work in groups to study grocery store ads to find...
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Health Lesson: Food Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify each level of the food pyramid and keep a record of their food intake.  For this food pyramid lesson, students relate the food pyramid to the Gaza Pyramids.  Learners discuss the purpose and plan of the food pyramid and...
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Human Organ Systems

For Students 4th - 5th
In this human organ systems learning exercise, students write the organ system that is described in the first 5 sentences. Students match the body parts to the organ system and write them in the chart.
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How Much of Each Nutrient Does Your Body Need, and How Can You Find Out What Is In Each Food?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice reading food labels to find nutrients in foods. In this health instructional activity, 5th graders read food labels and discuss the recommended daily allowance of each nutrient. They compare this to the food...
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Chemistry and the Food System

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students review how chemistry has helped grow and preserve different foods. This worksheet has 11 fill in the blank, 3 multiple choice, and 6 short answer questions.
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THE FOODS WE EAT

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars 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...
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Forest Food Web Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners gain knowledge of food webs and ecological interconnections in the forest, and place different life forms in their proper place in a food chain. Students appreciate the balance of nature and how humans are affected by extinct...
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Heart Healthy Food Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game of musical chairs that discusses heart health. In this health lesson, students walk around a group of chairs and when the music stops they sit down. Some chairs will have index cards with a picture of a...
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Food Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore the cycle of how each living thing gets food. In this food chain unit, students participate in four lesson plans that highlight animal vocabulary, habitats, and the role of humans in our ecosystem. Young scholars...
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Obtaining Food -- The Impact of Over-fishing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars play a fishing game. In this food supply lesson students regulate their fishing in a game about over-fishing. The young scholars identify resources that could be extracted from that biome.
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Insect Food Chain & Camouflage

For Teachers K
Students use art work to demonstrate their understanding of the insect food chain and their ability to camouflage themselves. In this insect food chain and camouflage lesson, students determine what type of animals feed on insects. They...
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redator and Prey- Food chain relationships

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students s identify the different trophic levels in the food chain and understand the importance of the energy cycle. They create a class food web using index cards and yarn and play a predator/prey game.