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Plan a Meal Fun
Discuss helping with the family grocery shopping. View a teacher drawn map of a grocery store and discuss where the breads, meats, and dairy products are located. Practice categorizing foods as breads and cereals, fruits, vegetables,...
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Polite Expressions
Practice effective oral language use. English learners especially, but any speaker/writers would benefit from this resource. Learners listen as the teacher reads each of 15 short scenarios. They circle the polite response to each...
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Dietary Rules
Healthy eating habits is the focus of this resource. Learners discuss fat and cholesterol, caloric needs, and the importance of exercise. There is a worksheet and a handout of dietary guidelines to supplement the information provided.
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Growing Minds: Cucumber Exploration
After reading a picture book about planting and harvesting cucumbers, learners get a chance to examine some cucumbers of their own. First, they see photographs of a cucumber on a vine, and learn that it is part of the gourd family....
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Stone Soup
First graders examine the use of logic, deduction, and inference to determine the answers to riddles. They listen to a teacher read aloud of Heather Forest's, Stone Soup before discussing the story which gauges their comprehension....
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Plant Parts
Little ones identify the parts of a plant and practice following directions at the same time. They color each part of the flowering plant the color indicated on the sheet. Roots are brown, leaves are green, the flower is red, and the...
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Understanding Fractions - Cookbook Comparisons
Learners explore equal fractions in relationship to a whole unit. They fold strips of paper into halves, thirds, etc. and compare them to the first strip which represents a "whole unit." Fractional parts are identified and compared.
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Become a Nutrition Expert
In this nutrition worksheet, 2nd graders read a selection on nutrition and fill in the table using the information from the selection.
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"Did You Eat That!"
First graders investigate why plants are an important part of our everyday lives, providing us with food, clothing, shelter, etc. For this lesson students participate in a series of hands-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine...
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Explorit's Green Salad Quiz
In this food history worksheet, learners read the information about the history of food and salads. Students select the correct answer for the 6 related questions.
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Eating Our Way to a Healthy Body: Classifying Foods
Students examine the major food groups. For this classifying foods lesson, students discover the 5 food groups as they read books and play games. Students then sort foods into the appropriate food groups
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So You Think You're Tough
Fourth graders learn how to classify animals. In this invertebrates lesson, 4th graders discuss how we classify thinks into groups and move into a discussion about classifying animals. Students learn about the differences between...
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Germination Inhibitors
In germination experiment worksheet, students conduct the following lab activity. Students determine the effects of another tomato on germinating seeds. Students answer the following questions to analyze their experiment.
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Dichotomous Key
Students draw comparisons between organisms. They classify organisms. Students are introduced to dichotomous keys and how to create and use a dichotomous key to identify a variety of objects. They begin by defining classification, and...
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Eat Smart. Play Hard.
Students study healthy food choices and the energy it creates for physical activity. For this food energy lesson, students complete multiple activities to learn about the benefits of healthy eating upon physical activity.
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Mystery of the Senses-Taste
Students investigate the senses involved with taste. In an activity, students demonstrate the way that our senses of touch and smell combine with taste. Blindfolded, and with "plugged" noses, students taste foods. They complete a test...
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2005 USDA Food Guide
In this food pyramid worksheet, 4th graders will answer 6 multiple choice questions about the newest version of the food pyramid (released in 2005), compare and contrast the old and new food guide using a Venn diagram, write a brief...
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Dietary Fiber
Students examine the different types of fiber and their benefits. In this investigative lesson students find good sources of fiber in different foods.
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Ecology of the Dump
Students determine which types of garbage are biodegradable and which are nonbiodegradable. They practice measuring skills, hypothesizing, taking data, and writing a lab report. Students observe the relative biodegradability of metal,...
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The Dragon's Tail
Second graders read a story about Little D, a baby dragon, and how he interacts with the five food groups. They color, chant, pantomime, and discuss food groups after reading the story. They also consider causes and effects as they make...
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Teen Pregnancy
Students consider the implications of teen pregnancy. In this personal health lesson, students discuss how mothers prepare for pregnancy physically and financially. Students compare their daily routines to those of young mothers and...
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RHS Campaign for School Indicator
Young scholars study Ph and how acids and bases can affect it. In this indicators lesson students divide into groups and complete a lab activity to investigate what happens when they add indicators.
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Microorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?
Students discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson plan, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Students discuss the good and bad of...
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Lesson 12: Ho'olaulima: Let's Make a Hawaiian Garden
Second graders grow a classroom garden that acts as a living laboratory for cross-curricular activities. In this classroom garden lesson, 2nd graders follow directions to build and plant a garden that is used to teach math, science, and...