Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Health and Growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson plan, students review the five food groups and categorize healthy and unhealthy foods on a chart. Learners develop their own menus.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nutrition

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars investigate the Food Pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students list the food groups and identify several foods from each food group. Young scholars complete a blank food pyramid worksheet as an assessment.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My New Food

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create new fruits and vegetables and describe their health benefits. In this nutrition lesson, students work as a class to produce a new fruit or vegetable, make it using modeling clay, and describe the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Healthy Foods

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils illustrate their favorite food and add it to a food pyramid graph, after listening to Russell Hoban's story, Bread and Jam for Frances.
Organizer
Curated OER

Food and Digestion

For Students 4th - 5th
In this food and digestion learning exercise, students fill in the table for each food group. Students also complete a diagram illustrating the digestive system.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Favorite Thanksgiving Foods

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this favorite foods worksheet, students study the various images of Thanksgiving foods. Students circle their favorite Thanksgiving foods.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Banquet For the Bunch!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students become familiar with the food guide pyramid, demonstrate a proper use of scissors and handling of glue materials, and explore the importance of eating healthy foods.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why is Rice Good for Us?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore why rice is good for our bodies. In this nourishment lesson, 3rd graders review the food pyramid and discuss serving sizes. Students discuss the different ways rice is used in food. Students use uncooked rice to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Healthy Eating, Healthy Living

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students describe some ways to lead a healthy life. They watch short video clips about eating healthy, ways to create healthy meals, and the benefits of exercise. They study the food groups and play indoor exercise games.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fit or Fat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about health by creating healthy snacks, healthy menus, and recording their fat intake with certain foods. In this health lesson plan, students also focus on how exercise can help them stay healthy and loose unhealthy weight.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Health Fair

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify and research the aspects of a healthy lifestyle and create a Health Fair with the information. In this healthy living lesson, students research a topic about healthy living. Students then create a health fair using...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's For Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students identify breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods. In this dietary awareness lesson, students draw pictures of their favorite foods and arrange the complete pictures on a bulletin board. Students discuss the details of their pictures...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nutrition and Fitness

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the food guide pyramid. They conduct Internet research, and plan a three day nutritional menu appropriate for teenagers. Students include three meals per day and a snack for each day on their menu, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fruits and Veggies: More Matters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the importance of having fruits and vegetables within their diet. In this healthy diet lesson, students identify foods in the fruit and vegetable groups. Students complete several activities to learn the benefits and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Cooking? It Starts with a Plan and a List

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create a meal plan for their family. In this adult health science lesson plan, students discuss the benefits of using a shopping list. They explain how these methods can help them save time and make healthy meals.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is Our Water Healthy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars test water for a least one chemical characteristic. They hypothesize how a storm event might change the chemical characteristics of a stream. Students collect water samples and use the chemical test to test the water.
PPT
Curated OER

Vegetables: ESL Lesson, Beginning Level

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Take a walk through a vegetable garden with this ESL presentation, which focuses on vegetable words and pictures. Carrots, chili peppers, onions, and beans are just a few of the terms that will help your English learners review their...
Lesson Plan
1
1
BioEd Online

Muscles and Bones: Nutrition

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Got milk? Or almonds, sardines, or tofu? Calcium is important throughout life, but especially so for developing bodies. If teens do not consume enough calcium while they are growing, they are at a much higher risk of osteoporosis and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the relationship between exercise and health. They name ways to monitor their health and the equipment used to do so. Students name solutions to common health issues and explain why good nutrition and exercise are...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Healthy Girls, Healthy Villages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the impact of education. In this global issues lesson, students explore the effectiveness of the Camp GLOW program in Niger. Learners discuss the issues that face women and girls in Niger and identify how education can...
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Nutritional Challenges

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Eating healthy can be a challenge, especially for people with special dietary needs. After learning about standard nutritional needs for adults, learners take on the role of a dietician and work together to create a menu for one of the...
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Snack Smart!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover healthy snacks. For this healthy snacks lesson, students create a healthy snack. Students sample a simple healthy snack.
PPT
Curated OER

Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Teeth

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
What kind of teeth do alligators have? Find out as you play a quiz game all about teeth. There are 15 questions all related to how various animals eat, swallow, and chew with their chompers. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Is a Low-Saturated Fat Diet a More Healthful Diet?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze the ways that their food choices can affect body composition and self-concept. They list the benefits of making healthy food choices.

Other popular searches