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Coloring the Life Cycle of Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers Pre-K
Students investigate how fruits and vegetables change and grow.  In this life cycle of fruits and vegetables lesson, students observe the changes in fruits and vegetables as they grow and record the colors on a worksheet.
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a fun way to investigate fruits and vegetables. In this healthy diet and reading lesson plan, learners read and recite several poems about fruits and vegetables. They sort pictures and word cards with assorted names of fruits and...
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Rename Fruits, Vegetables and Spices

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, students study traits of various fruits, vegetables and seeds. Students rename fruits, vegetables and seeds.
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Growing and Harvesting Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers K
Students learn the various parts of a farm and what is grown on a farm. They also match fruits and vegetables to locations where they are grown.
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Fruit or Vegetable?

For Teachers 6th Standards
Watermelon is a vegetable? A tomato is a fruit? Believe it or not, this debate is decades old. Groups examine rulings by the US Supreme Court, the USDA, and state statutes before developing their own criteria to use when labeling...
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Fruits vs. Veggies

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Fruit or vegetable? That is the question in this activity designed for first graders. After a brief explanation of the difference, kids select two plants, use two words to describe each one, label them as a fruits or vegetables, and...
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Fruits and Vegetables: Primary Grades

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students complete a variety of activities in their study of fruits and vegetables. They role play a grocer in the produce department; they go on a scavenger hunt; they sample different foods made with fruits and vegetables.
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Seed Search

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine seeds. For this fruits and vegetables lesson, 1st graders determine what fruits and vegetables have in common. Students cut open fruits and vegetables and examine their seeds. Students describe the sizes, shapes and...
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How are Seeds the Same and Different?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine seeds from various plants. For this science lesson, students cut open fruits and vegetables in order to see the seeds. Students describe each type of seed and classify the seeds.
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Plant Parts You Eat

For Teachers K - 5th
Plants provide a variety of delicious foods essential for human survival. In the fourth lesson of this series on food science, young scientists investigate common fruits, vegetables, and grains in order to determine which plant part is...
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Relationships Between Formal Measurement Units: Measure and Record Mass in Kilograms and Grams

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Teach the masses about the metric system with this hands-on measurement lesson. Given a fruit or vegetable, learners estimate, measure, and convert its mass using the metric units gram and kilogram.
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Captain Planet Foundation

Plant Parts Salad

For Teachers 1st
How are vegetables beneficial to a healthy diet? Have kids examine different types of vegetables, such as zucchini, broccoli, and carrots, and determine which parts of the plant they represent. Then, they taste the vegetables as a...
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Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fruits and vegetables.  In this nutrition instructional activity, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables.  Students cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable...
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Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students will discuss the benefits of eating healthy. In this healthy diet instructional activity, students will discuss the importance of eating fresh fruit and vegetables when pregnant or breastfeeding and how to identify healthy...
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Fruits and Veggies - Yum!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use Inspiration to drag pictures of fruits and vegetables into the correct category. They discuss the name of other fruits and vegetables. They explain why or why not they like that particular fruit or vegetable. Students...
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. In this science lesson, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Students play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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Where Do They Grow?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete worksheets. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, students complete a worksheet on where fruits and vegetables grow where they draw connecting lines. Students color fruits and vegetables on a worksheet.
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Fruits and Vegetables in the Food System

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the importance of local markets. In this horticulture lesson, students examine the importance of local markets and food systems that can provide profit for growers, freshness, variety and quality.
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We Garden: My Life as a Fruit or Vegetable

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore agriculture by participating in a role-play activity. In this farm to fork lesson plan, students ask and answer questions as though they were a specific plant about to be eaten. Students write responses to critical...
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the differences between plants with seeds and seedless.  In this fruits and vegetables lesson students examine some vegetables and nuts that are really fruits.
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Plants and Animals

For Teachers K
Students taste test the garden. In this Science instructional activity, students compare and contrast plants and animals needs. Students pick fruits and vegetables in the garden and discuss their observations.
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Investigating What Makes Fruit Go Brown

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Is there anything that can be done to slow the browning of fruit once it has been cut? High schoolers determine the answer through five different investigations involving apples, potatoes, and chemical reactions. After each experiment,...
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Pesticide Watch Card

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine human health by identifying dangerous pesticides. In this agriculture instructional activity, students research the food production system in the United States and discuss dangers such as pesticides, chemicals and...
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Eat Your Plants

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables instructional activity, students work in small groups investigating plant parts. Students discover that fruits and vegetables originate from different parts of plants.