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Put a Rainbow on Your Plate

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this nutrition worksheet, students investigate the importance of eating fruits and vegetables of different colors 5 times a day. Students complete 8 pages of activities such as menu planning, shopping lists, word search, word...
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5 A Day The Color Way

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explore the ways they can incorporate fruits and vegetables into their diets.  In this health activity students and parents list health benefits of more fruits and vegetables in their diets and complete a handout.
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Riddle Poem

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice writing skills by writing riddle poems using adjectives to describe vegetables.
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Modeling Good Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. For this dietary lesson, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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Cancer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study cancer and possible preventative measures.  In this cancer instructional activity students study the claims on food labels and ways to lower your risk of cancer. 
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Eating Our Way to a Healthy Body: Classifying Foods

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine the major food groups. For this classifying foods lesson, students discover the 5 food groups as they read books and play games. Students then sort foods into the appropriate food groups
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Balanced Diet

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the concept of a balanced diet and how the food pyramid is organized. They conduct research using the links included in the instructional activity. They differentiate the parts of the pyramid while looking at...
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Bees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners design an experiment. In this bees lesson, students research pollination and work collaboratively to discover how bees aid in pollination.  Learners use tomato plants and create experimental designs. Lesson adaptations...
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Eating the Alphabet Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts worksheet, students read a story called Eating the Alphabet. Students use a chart to record the date that they ate different fruits and vegetables.
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Math

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems that focus on serving size and counting 5 A Day.
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Stick Out Your Tongue

For Teachers K
Students explore their sense of taste and recognize good foods to eat. In this tasting lesson, students recognize that their tongue has taste buds for different types of tastes. Students create a bar graph showing their favorite taste (...
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Be a Food Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discover the origins of fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition lesson, students research how fruits and vegetables came to the United States via trade routes.  Resources are provided.
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Getting the Most From Your Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food.  In this healthy foods instructional activity, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day.  Students discuss their choices and how they could make...
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Cornucopia Coloring Sheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this Thanksgiving-themed coloring worksheet, learners color the picture of a cornucopia, trace the dotted words in the sentences, and respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Healthy Food is Good Food!

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine the difference between whole foods and junk foods. In this food lesson, students learn the definitions of whole food and junk food. They find the difference in tastes and textures of different foods by performing taste...
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2005 USDA Food Guide

For Students 4th
In this food pyramid worksheet, 4th graders will answer 6 multiple choice questions about the newest version of the food pyramid (released in 2005), compare and contrast the old and new food guide using a Venn diagram, write a brief...
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Food Color Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners investigate plant pigments in fruits and vegetables. In this plant pigments lesson plan, students observe the effects of pH changes on chlorophyll in one demonstration and they observe the effects pH changes on flavonoids in...
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Food Safety Lab

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the scientific method to investigate the role of temperature in microbial growth. In this food preservation instructional activity, students set up an experiment with fruit in room temperature and in a refrigerator. They...
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Organic Feud

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine possible pesticide exposure in their fruit and vegetable consumption. They compile fact sheets exploring various organic food issues and interview their parents about the food choices they make for their Students.
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Let's Go Shopping

For Teachers K - 4th
Students review and identify common vocabulary related to food, shopping, and courtesy expressions. Students then practice English language skills by shopping in classroom market while playing roles of shoppers and store personnel.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Food

For Students 4th - 6th
After reading two paragraphs about food, learners must answer 4 questions about what they have read. This is a great activity to practice reading comprehension, and would be very helpful practice prior to state testing. The writing...
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Capital for Cookies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the meaning for capital, land, labor and enterprise and relate them to economics of a place. In this economics lesson, 4th graders form a company to make an agricultural product and look for the resources they will...
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So You Think You're Tough

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn how to classify animals. In this invertebrates lesson, 4th graders discuss how we classify thinks into groups and move into a discussion about classifying animals. Students learn about the differences between...
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First Day in Grapes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read about a boy's first day in a new school. In this self-esteem lesson, students discuss the problems Chico has in his new school and how he faces them with courage and bravery. Students discuss people who migrate from other...

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