Take a Trip: Food Groups Jr is a learning activity that challenges children to carefully move the hungry ant through the picnic table maze to the food at the end of the table. Children will be introduced to the different food groups...

This interactive website offers pie charts showing what the world eats and what 22 different countries eat. It also allows you to choose by year as well. These include food groups, calories, and grams overall and per category.

This animation displays examples of different food groups for the students to correctly label.

Practice mouse manipulation while exploring the food pyramid. Students will be introduced to the different types of food as they travel at a safe speed and stay on the road.

Information about the fruit group, including what foods are included and how much of various fruits counts as a cup.

Drink milk and eat foods from the milk group every day. Find tips at this website to help you make healthy and safe choices to make sure you get the calcium you need.

Learn about the vegetable group, including what foods are vegetables and how much of each type counts as a serving. Three broccoli spears counts as a cup of vegetables, as do one large ear of corn, and two large stalks of celery. What...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a basic lesson introducing food groups along with healthy choices having to due with nutrition.

There are two types of grains: whole grains and refined grains. Learn about each and find examples. Click on the "Grains Food Gallery" link to see examples, images, and serving sizes of different grains.

Read about the foods that qualify as proteins and how much amounts to one serving of each.

The U.S. Government's official resource for sound nutritional information points out that eating right can be as simple as increasing some categories of foods while reducing others. Basic information on food groups combined with...

Will you join Zhao Ning and his grandmother at the food market?

Is the food chain shown above accurate? Does the first link depict a producer, the second link a herbivore, and the third link an omnivore / carnivore? Students must correctly determine whether a species is a producer or consumer, and...

This website provides a wide array of nutritional information. Included are articles on food and food groups, the connection between health and food, and healthy eating choices.

A large collection of lessons on prairie agriculture for Pre-K to Grade 12, organized into grade level groups. They cover such topics as foods that come from agriculture, animal farming, soils, and environmental issues. These lessons on...

Make wise choices when eating from the protein group. This website advises you to eat lean cuts of beef, trim visible fat off of meat and poultry, eat fish "rich in omega-3 fatty acids," and read food labels for nutritional information.

NativeTech provides many different recipes from around the North American continent. Each one is submitted by someone of Native American heritage, with a notation about the origins of the recipe. Organized by food groups.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Teacher-created flipchart takes students through a short examination of food groups as outlined in the MyPyramd dietary guidelines. [The U.S. government set aside its MyPyramid dietary guidelines in...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart helps students learn about the food pyramid introduced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1990s. [Set aside in 2005 by MyPyramid, which itself was set aside in 2011 by MyPlate.]

Games, posters, and coloring pages help explain the food pyramid and the importance of good nutrition to kids.

This lesson would be used during our nutrition unit when discussing carbohydrates. In this classroom activity students investigate which foods have starch in them by using iodine, as well as investigate the result of iodine and lemon...

Find fast-food choices from all major food groups in this chart. Foods are organized into the following categories: "Lower Fat Choices," "Moderate Fat Choices," and "High Fat Choices."

Here a few tips to help vegetarians get enough protein by eating beans, nuts, and soy products from the meat group. Includes a link to a page on how vegetarians can eat from the food pyramid and get the nutrients they need to stay healthy.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....