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Nutrition and Body Image

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Pupils study nutrition and how to maintain a healthy diet.  In this adolescent nutrition lesson students complete several activities that allow them to see different nutrition scenarios.
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Know Your Area

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars investigate transit by analyzing their school surroundings. In this local geography lesson, students identify their school in relation to the rest of their state, country and globe. Young scholars discuss their personal...
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Introduction to Digestion: What Happens to a Hamburger?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the human body by analyzing how food is absorbed. In this food digestion lesson, students utilize health vocabulary terms by participating in a guessing game activity. Students discuss their own eating habits and conduct...
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Fatty Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits lesson, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc bags...
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Lose the Fat, Keep the Vitamins... Drink Low fat Milk!

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students compare the different types of milk. In this adult health lesson, students examine the label and determine which is the healthiest. They discuss ways to switch from high fat to lower fat milk.
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Day One: Dinner foods and beverages

For Teachers K - 12th
Students learn English vocabulary for dinner foods and beverages. In this ELL activity, students create a list of healthy foods and discuss good food habits. They discuss healthy activities and exercises. 
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating habits...
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Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this health and hygiene worksheet, students find and highlight 14 key terms associated with personal healthy hygiene habits in a word search puzzle.
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Get Your Calcium - Rich Foods

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore personal health by identifying positive food choices. In this calcium sources instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the common ways a human can receive calcium such as consuming dairy products. Students view a...
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Nutrition Unit

For Teachers K
Students engage in a variety of activities designed to help them understand about the importance of good nutrition and eating healthy foods. The activities include playing food bingo, making a collage, designing posters, etc.
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Dollar Value and Fast-Food Nutrition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how they can make changes to form healthy eating habits.  In this investigative lesson students examine food guidelines and the food pyramid. 
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Nutrition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in an original unit about nutrition and record daily intake of food in order to help create a healthy eating plan. They practice making practical food choices for optimum health and then investigate how to maintain...
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Arthropods at

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils observe, discuss, and record the requirements of a healthy environment for both arthropods and people by designing and maintaining an artificial habitat for an arthropod.
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Activity & Friendship

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn that exercise promotes healing. In this benefits to exercise lesson, students read and discuss the health benefits of exercise. They will also take their pulse and discuss healthy friendship choices.
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A Family Spending Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate family expenditures. In this family budget instructional activity, students examine the wages and expenditures of family and then create a monthly budget for the family to follow.
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Where Do I Fit In The Food Pyramid?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how their daily diets fit into the dietary guidelines set out by the food pyramid. They write a paragraph describing good health habits and identify areas where their personal diet can be improved.
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Mater Your Munchies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.
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How Well Will I Eat This Week?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders develop a healthy menu for the coming week using Palm technology to develop healthy eating habits. They develop a spreadsheet for the seven days and for each menu using the Palm.
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Get Fit for Yosemite - Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating habits and of following a fitness program. They visit Yosemite Institute.
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Fit To Fat Family

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students become a TV production team whose mission it is to turn the fittest family in the UK into the unhealthiness one. Students illustrate the importance of exercise. Students understand what bad habits such as smoking and drinking do...
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Design-A-Meal

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders record what they eat for a week. In groups, they develop a menu for a fictitious restaurant. They create dinners which include all groups from the food pyramid. To end the lesson, they practice making healthy food...
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Classifying Space Food

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write a written summary of what they have learned about the astronaut nutritional diet in comparison with their own diet habits.
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Perceived Overweight and Actual Weight Risk Classification

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students calculate their BMI and compare it to a healthy weight chart.  In this health lesson, students compare the perception of overweight with healthy weight charts. Students interpret collected data and evaluate their own weight...
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Rate Your Plate

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze the nutrients, calories, and food groups using the USDA CNPP website Interactive Healthy Eating Index. They write a summary of their personal findings related to their eating habits - including some ways to improve...

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