Read Works
Read Works: What Should You Eat?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the food groups that make up a healthy diet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: You Are What You Eat
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about vegetable choices in school lunches. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: A New Neighborhood Farmers Market
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage is about the addition of a farmers' market in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Siemens Science Day: Life Science: Tootie Fruity
A hands-on science experiment where students examine fruits and vegetables and determine which ones are really a fruit. Students will discover how botanists define fruits and gain an understanding of plant reproduction.
Texas A&M University
Easy Gardening. . . Beets [Pdf]
Let's you know all about this cool weather crop. Soil Preparation, fertilizing, planting, varieties, insect concerns, harvesting and more. Requires Adobe Reader.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Food Fun
Alphabet fun and food-related activities introduce young learners to produce they might not be familiar with.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Fruits and Vegetables
A description of the many fruits and vegetables available to the ancient Egyptians. A chart is provided showing which frits and vegetables were grown in which seasons.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: All About the Vegetable Group
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...
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Whole Kids Foundation: Kids Club
The Whole Kids Foundation provides opportunities to help kids start healthy eating conversations with books and activities from Scrapkins, Better Bites, Book Club and more!
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Whole Kids Foundation
This website was developed by the Whole Foods Market promotes the access to healthy food for all children. Students are encouraged to get excited about eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum: Garden Terrace
Fun family project relating to plants and seeds.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: An Apple a Day [Pdf]
Distinguish between fruits and vegetables through a sorting game, learn to appreciate new foods through a tasting activity, create funny food friends with magazine cutouts of healthy foods and dramatize preparing a health meal or snack.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Food for Thought: Vegetable Group
Here, you can read up on the nutritional values of vegetables and on various ways to prepare vegetables to "Help your child enjoy," eating them. Also, get children eager to eat their vegetables by involving them in the kitchen and food...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Is It a Fruit or a Vegetable?
Here's the way to argue when mom says to eat your vegetables - at least sometimes! Find out how fruits and vegetables are different.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Healthy Eating Activity 3: Composite Dishes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart supports lessons from the Food - a fact of life website. Pupils will be able to identify a healthy meal working out what are the key ingredients for the meals presented.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Healthy Eating Activity 4: Energy
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart supports lessons from the 'Food - a fact of life' website. Pupils will be able to understand why their bodies need energy, how much energy is in certain food types and who needs more...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Frutas Y Vegetales
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to Spanish vocabulary for common fruits and vegetables.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: The Princess Who Didn't Eat Eggplants [Pdf]
This illustrated ebook shares the story of a fictional character named Princess Helena. As a picky eater, she has completely frustrated her parents, the king and queen. Students will enjoy reading about how she overcame her finicky...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Vegetables
At this site from the University of Massachusetts you can read about vegetables, which are high in nutritional value but low in fat. After reading this brief article, take a quiz to test your knowledge of the vegetable food group.