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Using Pop Art Imagery to Inspire Healthy Eating

For Teachers 8th
Create a visual art project about obesity. In this art lesson, 8th graders research and explain the importance of eating healthy and exercise. They document their eating habits in their journal and analyze it.
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The Healthy Train

For Teachers K - 2nd
This presentation gives the lyrics for the song, "The Healthy Train." The song goes to the melody of the classic "The Wheels on the Bus" song. It's a clever song, in that the lyrics cover all of the basic food groups found in the food...
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Mini Meals

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners discuss what makes a healthy and balanced meal, and then they make them out of clay. They use hand building techniques, radial design, and their knowledge of healthy foods to create unique mini-sized meals for a wall display. 
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You Are What You Eat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify healthy food choices from the food groups on the USDA food pyramid. In this  nutrition and  health lesson, students identify and name examples of each food group displayed on the food pyramid. Students cut out...
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Pickles

For Teachers K - 1st
Young learners compare healthy foods to junk foods. They examine the growing process of a vegetable from a seed all the way to maturity. The book, The Magic School Bus in a Pickle is used. Some nice cross-curricular activities in math,...
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Teaching Kids About Healthy Foods: Snacks Alternatives

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners inspect human health by participating in a class game. In this nutrition lesson, students examine an interactive food pyramid and discuss the healthy alternatives to their typical diets. Learners complete a flash card activity...
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Healthy Living:

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners are able to recognize a wide variety of fruit and have a greater understanding as to the importance of fruit in their diet and that some fruits skin are edible and others are not.
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Hooray For Healthy Foods

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
students share their favorite healthy food, prepare and share recipes. Using construction paper, they create a banner advertising their favorite healthy food. Afterward, they create a 3-D replica of their healthy food and write the...
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Healthy Lungs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the lungs and the effects of smoking upon them. They conduct research with the help of using multiple resources. The information is used in order to create the context of models made from clay of healthy and diseased...
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Dream Stream

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigate the parts of a healthy stream to build content-specific vocabulary and ecological awareness. The class builds vocabulary and determines why clean water is important for trout. They design a shoe box to show what a clean...
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine healthy eating habits by identifying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, 3rd graders discuss their own eating habits and how there should be a variety of foods in all diets.  Students...
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Finders Keepers

For Teachers K - 2nd
For this keeping a healthy mouth worksheet, students look at 10 pictures and color each one that helps keep their mouth healthy.
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Nutrition Plates

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups.  Students...
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Food Math

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore healthy habits by completing caloric measurement activities. In this food choice lesson, 4th graders discuss what types of foods give you protein or fat and utilize a food chart to measure caloric intake. Students...
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Feature Column: Virtual Field Trips

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover ways to stay healthy by utilizing Internet education software.  In this computer technology instructional activity, students investigate Internet programs that simulate a field trip by showing images and video....
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Healthy Smile Hidden Picture

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this dental health learning exercise, students study a large and very detailed picture of children in a park. Students search and locate 7 items pertaining to good dental health in the picture.
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Chef Solus Fiber Crossword Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this fiber food group learning exercise, learners fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answer to 15 clues about fiber going across and down.
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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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Gandhi's Ashrams and School Sustainability

For Teachers 2nd
Explore philosophy and religion by researching Gandhi. Lead your young students to investigate the life and accomplishments of Mahatma Gandhi by reading the assigned text. Your class will define sustainability and create a sustainable...
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Mystery "F & V's"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore agriculture by reading assigned text about produce. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, 4th graders identify the healthy benefits of consuming fresh produce and what minerals and vitamins they contain. Students...
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Chew on This

For Students 6th - 12th
In this healthy eating worksheet, learners read an excerpt on eating healthy and understanding the risks of eating fast food. The packet is a 13 page cross-circular project involving a number of subjects all pertaining to the Chew on...
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Calorie Countdown

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore human health by identifying calories in food items. For this healthy eating habits lesson, 4th graders view the USDA food pyramid on the Internet and identify the choices they should be making each day. Students...
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Label Language

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore healthy eating habits by identifying food labels. In this food ingredient instructional activity, 6th graders discuss the nutritional facts that are available on almost all foods in America and which ingredients and...
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Pyramid Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe human health by analyzing different food groups. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students utilize the web to complete an interactive food pyramid game as well as research the nutrition encyclopedia. Students...

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