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Food Webs

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students recognize interdependence in a food web by using yarn and notecards to create a food web and discussing what would happen if one of the organisms from a certain trophic level is removed.
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Population Connection

The Peopling of Our Planet

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How many people live on the planet, anyway? The first resource in a six-part series covers the topic of the world population. Scholars work in groups to conduct research and make population posters after learning about the global...
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The Cycles of Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Encourage peer collaboration and assist with the creation of visual aids to identify carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles as your class learns more about nature. They discuss relative information, create a visual aid...
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Getting To Know the Healthy Food Pyramid

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars examine a healthy way of eating while following a vegetarian diet. They study the components suggested by the American Dietetic Association that comprise a healthy diet, prepare appetizing foods from these groups, and...
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Nutrition Unit

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete activities for the six basic food groups. In this food groups lesson, 1st graders view examples of food samples from the various groups and sample the foods. Students discuss the food pyramid and draw a fruit or...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe the healthy choices about food. In this nutrition instructional activity, 7th graders use the food pyramid to help them in making nutritious choices. Students discuss their diet and talk about how it can be...
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Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students develop an understanding of the Food Guide Pyramid by creating sample meals and examining whether there is a relationship between how foods are grown and where they fall in the Food Guide Pyramid. They also complete a scavenger...
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First Place Foods

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, 1st graders create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast healthy foods. Students place foods in the proper circle.
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Fast Food: You Can Choose!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the nutritional value of fast food. They assess which fast foods are best and worst to eat. They organize their data into tables and graphs and explain their findings to other students.
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Farm Products Help Me Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...
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What's the Big News?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate healthy eating by choosing a variety of foods.  In this personal health instructional activity, students read the story Big News! Straight from the Heart, and discuss which characters ate which foods....
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My New Food

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create new fruits and vegetables and describe their health benefits. For this nutrition lesson, students work as a class to produce a new fruit or vegetable, make it using modeling clay, and describe the...
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How History Changed the Way We Eat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a instructional activity that is concerned with the history of the food pyramid and how it evolved and changed into its modern state. After being presented with the information they conduct classroom discussions...
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Healthy Choices

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover how to make healthy choices in nutrition. In this nutrition lesson, 5th graders research the daily nutrition requirements recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Students keep a food diary for three days...
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Getting the Most Nutrition From Your Food

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, 5th graders track their eating habits during the day. Later, students review their food log and place each item into the food pyramid.
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The Balance of Good Health and the Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the importance of good health and the food pyramid. They examine food labels and the importance of healthy food choices. Students investigate food additives.
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My Pyramid Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the food pyramid and healthy eating. After discussing the five healthy food groups, students participate in activities to demonstrate the benefits of healthy food groups. They play games to discover the benefits of...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students design a meal plan with healthy foods based on the food guide pyramid. For this nutrition lesson plan, students identify healthy and unhealthy choices, watch a PowerPoint, and complete a group activity based on the food pyramid.
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Food Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars develop a working vocabulary of food by categorizing foods by their sources or origins. Working in groups, they determine at least four ways in which food is grown or produced. Groups create a poster by diving selected...
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Ecological Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students apply the ecological pyramids of numbers and biomass with an activity using topographic maps. In this trophic level lesson, students work in groups using a topographic map to determine the number of organisms that can live in an...
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Getting the Most Nutrition from Your Food

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore human health by participating in a nutrition activity. In this food choices instructional activity, 6th graders review the food pyramid in class and identify the specific classifications of food that create positive...
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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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Sizing Up Servings

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students learn the definition of a suggested serving size and re-define their daily food intake in terms of these recommended amounts.
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Hunger and Malnutrition

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students recognize that our bodies cannot function without certain essential foods. In this hunger and malnutrition lesson, students become familiar with the problems associated with malnutrition such as medical problems, problems...

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