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Thanksgiving Activity
Thanksgiving food doesn't have to be unhealthy! Learners read five situations about specific foods, ingredient substitutions, and ways to maintain healthy blood levels with a handy holiday worksheet.
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Thanksgiving Feast
Use the Tool Factory Workshop to have your class create a list of people to invite to their Thanksgiving Feast.They will take pictures related to the fall season and create invitations using Tool Factory Database. Students make a grocery...
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Holidays: Stress on the Body
Students read an article on stress and holiday weight gain. In this biology lesson, students research about the body's response to excess sugar in the diet. They create a pamphlet, billboard, newscast or journal article containing...
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Hand Washing
Mostly discussion, this lesson explores the importance and methods of hand washing. A few true stories of community illnesses spread by the neglect of washing hands serve as an anticipatory set. The activity is most memorable if you are...
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Food and Your Body -- How to Maintain a Healthy Diet
Middle schoolers examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of...
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Celebrate Christmas
First graders explore Christmas through a variety of grouping activities in PE class. Students are actively involved in the learning process.
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To Your Health
Pupils read articles on health and read about how storks and other animals are cultural icons in bringing good health. In this health lesson plan, students also list ways to live a healthy lifestyle.
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Christmas Dinner at Aunt Junie May's House
For this food choices worksheet, students read situations about being at a Christmas dinner and answer short answer questions about making good food choices. Students complete 6 problems.
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Pepper Fun
Young scholars examine different types of peppers. In this vegetable lesson, students compare and contrast several peppers, learn about the growth cycle, taste a stuffed pepper dish, and create their own pepper mini-book.
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth
In this animal safety instructional activity, students brain-storm ways to be kind and safe with animals throughout the year. Students create a Kind Calendar for Animals in art class and distribute copies to other classes in the...
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History.com: How the First Thanksgiving College Football Game Kicked Off a Holiday Tradition
How the First Thanksgiving College Football Game Kicked Off a Holiday Tradition. In 1876, Yale beat Princeton before a sparse crowd, but by the mid-1880s, their annual contest was a major social event that attracted thousands of fans in...