Students create a time line and map about how chocolate traveled the world. In this chocolate lesson plan, students also create and taste chocolate.

Students discover the oceanic food chain.  In this healthy eating lesson plan, student investigate the fish we eat and the food the fish eat.  Students discover what ocean animals eat seaweed and what everyday foods we eat that...

Students investigate parts of the ocean. In this seaweed lesson, students identify foods that contain seaweed, parts of seaweed, and how the ocean affects our lives. As a class students brainstorm ways we rely on the ocean and compare...

Students build community with cookies. In this service learning lesson plan, students make holiday cookies to share with the custodial maintenance staff and cafeteria staff in their school.

Students explore the traditonal food of West Africa.

Students explore healthy lifestyles. In this health instructional activity, students brainstorm various types of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and write them on cards. Students play a game and determine if the card they draw is a...

Students explore how people preserved their food in the past. In food preservation lesson, students create different models that enable someone to dry out food, such as a food dehydrator. Students also learn how to...

Fifth graders practice reading food labels to find nutrients in foods. In this health lesson, 5th graders read food labels and discuss the recommended daily allowance of each nutrient. They compare this to the food pyramid and create a...

Students discover Mexican culture by reading and cooking.  In this Central American History lesson, students read the book Holy Mole, and analyze the story by answering questions about plot, characters and even sound effects they...

Young scholars participate in the Read-to-Feed project. For this fundraising lesson, students read books to purchase a farm animal for a family in need. Young scholars write a letter to the family that will be receiving the farm animal.

Young scholars identify parts of the human brain. In this biology lesson, students watch a video about the human brain. Young scholars use different colors of clay to construct and label the three parts of the brain.

Students create a model of the inner ear. In this hearing lesson plan, students follow a series of directions to build a working model of the inner ear, then observe how the parts react to a variety of sounds.

Students investigate companion planting. In this  communtiy gardening lesson students explore the tradition of the Native American Three Sisters gardening approach. Students act as botanists, anthropologists, folklorists, and curators.

Students demonstrate healthy hand-washing techniques. They mix water and soap flakes, and create snow soap sculptures.

In this animal safety lesson, 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 school. grocery...

Students recognize differences between themselves and other people, and accept their uniqueness as a positive gift, by studying meal worms.

Students celebrate diversity. In this multicultural appreciation lesson, students celebrate diversity by sampling food from different cultures, learning a few words in Spanish and identifying the seven different continents.

Students discover and discuss the functions of carbohydrates. Once they have taken notes and completed worksheets, they perform experiments using iodine to test for starch. Lesson topics include how carbohydrates are processed by the...

Students participate in a holiday giving activity to learn about community involvement. In this community outreach lesson, students discuss giving and receiving as well as the gift of time. Students prepare songs and holiday cards to...

Young scholars brainstorm ideas that will help them to be more active.  In this activity instructional activity students select an indoor activity they can do as a family and other ways they can get moving. 

Students examine their family's fruits and vegetables intake. In this adult health lesson, students share how they prepare certain vegetables. They explain why it's important to eat a healthy diet.

Young scholars learn aerobic endurance through game play.