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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: In Defense of Food Curriculum

For Students 6th - 8th
PBS: In Defense of Food Curriculum. It is designed to help adolescents develop something valuable:practical tools for healthier eating. It helps students learn why it is important to eat healthfully, investigate how food companies...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Ready, Set, Breakfast!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to learn why breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. This article provides information on how breakfast jumpstarts your body and includes alternatives to eating cereal in the morning.
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Other

Lesson Plan z.com: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
LessonPlanZ.com is an online resource for teachers to find lesson plans and other teaching resources.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Girls and boys explore the connections between a well-balanced diet and a healthy body. Pupils keep a food diary, then compare their diet to the recommended daily allowance of food servings. Students use Thinkfinity websites to examine...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lesson 3: Claim Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using a clip from In Defense of Food and photos of food packaging, students uncover five "tricky techniques" companies use to sell food products. Then, students create plans to eat foods instead of phuds to avoid the allure of clever...
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National Institutes of Health

Nih Curriculum Supplement Series: The Science of Energy Balance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A great resource for teachers to help explain the balance between calorie intake and physical activity. There are many student activities that reinforce the need for physical activity in a healthy life style. Included are a teacher's...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: What's Happening to Your Body?

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson plan site focuses on the changes that adolescents go through and delves into their nutritional, physical, and mental health needs.