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MyPyramid for Kids
Students explore healthy food choices. In this science lesson, students identify food groups and discuss the amount of food they should eat from each group. Students create PyramindPal cartoons.
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Spill Your Guts
Students practice nutrition facts. In this health and nutrition lesson, students participate in a game in which two teams compete to "spill their guts" by quickly answering factual questions pertaining to nutrition. This lesson is...
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Body Engine Worksheet
In this dietary awareness worksheet, 2nd graders answer three multiple choice questions based on their personal diet plan and dietary habits.
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Yes and No treats Yes and No Treats
In this healthy eating worksheet, students decipher between healthy snacks and unhealthy snacks. Students circle the "yes" treats and cross out the "no" treats.
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Help Alicia Alligator Find the Yes Foods
For this healthy foods worksheet, students circle the "yes" foods and cross out the "no" foods for what is healthy and not healthy. Students have 18 foods to choose from.
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How To Eat Healthy On the Road
In this healthy eating worksheet, students watch a video clip about how to eat healthy on a road trip. Students then match each tip presented in the video to the sentences. This is intended for ESL students but is usable by all.
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Obesity in Our World Today
Seventh graders investigate overeating and personal health by researching obesity facts. In this healthy eating lesson, 7th graders research the Internet for facts about youth obesity and the causes of ailments such as diabetes. Students...
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Nutrition (Weight Management)
Seventh graders explore nutrition and the effect it has by participating in class discussions. In this diet and exercise lesson, 7th graders analyze print advertisements and discuss how unrealistic their expectations are and how false...
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Diet and Exercise Activity
Students explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports. In this physical education lesson, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station. Students discuss healthy...
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Eating and Being Healthy
Students investigate healthy lifestyles by examining the food pyramid and performing physical activities. In this personal health lesson, students discuss their own diets and how it compares to the food pyramid. Students participate in...
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Nutrition
Students examine nutrition and their own eating habits. In this healthy eating lesson students participate in several activities that include building a food pyramid and analyzing it.
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What Are Calories?
Students examine calories for the human body. In this calorie lesson, students explore the energy expenditures needed for different types of activities and how many calories are needed to support daily functions.
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Fit or Fat?
Students learn about health by creating healthy snacks, healthy menus, and recording their fat intake with certain foods. In this health lesson plan, students also focus on how exercise can help them stay healthy and loose unhealthy weight.
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Why is rice a remarkable grain?
Second graders research rice and its health benefits. In this rice lesson, 2nd graders discuss the popularity of rice in the world and its history. They make "rice squiggles" by sprinkling colored rice on a squiggle of glue. This lesson...
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Microbiology Design Challenge
Young scholars discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water. In this water purification activity, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to drink. Young...
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Energy Balance
Students explore energy. In this health and nutrition instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of healthy foods that provide energy, and identify physical activities that burn energy. Students complete a good nutrition...
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Simple Steps to Healthy Living
High schoolers observe a video on eating habits, discuss their own habits, and then create their own food pyramid. For this research lesson students go to a webpage and enter their personal information then they get a food pyramid...
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Meal Plan for an Older Person with Diabetes
Young scholars plan a healthy meal for elderly diabetics. In this nutrition lesson plan, students practice planning a healthy meal by creating a meal plan for an elderly diabetic patient. They learn the importance of controlling diabetes...
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Why is Rice Good for Us?
Third graders explore why rice is good for our bodies. In this nourishment lesson, 3rd graders review the food pyramid and discuss serving sizes. Students discuss the different ways rice is used in food. Students use uncooked rice to...
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Tasty, Nutritious Rice Snacks
Fifth graders determine how rice can be made into nutritious snacks. In this nutrition lesson, 5th graders examine different types of food that is made from rice such as puffed rice, rice cakes, and risotto. They visit a market to find...
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Identify Nutrient Sources
Students identify the nutrients in food and its functions. In this nutritional needs lesson plan, students create a chart that identifies the food source, the function of the nutrient, and the effects of a deficiency or excess of the...
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Understanding Portion Sizes
Students analyze portion sizes in a healthy diet. For this portion sizes lesson, students complete a food group choices worksheet and identify the correct portion of food. Students work in groups to teach the unit to elementary students....
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Food Challenge
Students identify poor eating habits and create a plan to overcome them. For this eating habits lesson, students identify four eating habits they have and research the implications of poor eating habits. Students find healthy...
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What are the ways of cooking rice?
Young scholars discover how to cook rice. In this rice lesson, students discuss the different types of rice and their differences in flavor. They write each of the steps to cook rice.