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Curated OER

Vitamin D and Me

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, students will create menus...
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Home Living / Daily Living Lesson Plan—Mastery Healthy Food

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Everyone needs to know how to eat well to stay healthy. Learners with mild disabilities log what they eat, discuss food choices, and review healthy foods. The lesson could be used to foster living skills in high-functioning individuals...
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Serendip

Vitamins and Health – Why Experts Disagree

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Should people take vitamins or get the needed minerals through diet? Experts disagree based on many different factors. Scholars compare study findings and discuss the differences. They learn the importance of comparing results across...
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Serendip

Golden Rice – Evaluating the Pros and Cons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
More than half the world's population eats rice as a daily staple ... imagine if that rice could prevent illness. Scientists genetically engineered rice to include vitamin A for just that purpose. However, room for debate still exists....
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Curated OER

Coming Soon: Sodas with Vitamins

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars react to a series of statements about sodas, then read a news article about the addition of vitamins to sodas to increase sales. In this nutrition and current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the...
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Why are Vitamins and Minerals Important?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine role vitamins and minerals play in maintaining healthy body and strong heart, differentiate between vitamins and minerals, gain understanding of function of each type of vitamin and mineral, and practice choosing...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Healthy Snacking: Grades 9-12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Snacks—even the word can conger up a hunger. Rapidly growing teens, especially, rely on snacks to get them from one meal to the next. After reading a series of articles about nutrition and healthy snack choices, pupils fill out a report...
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Label Language

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read food labels and understand their meaning. In this healthy eating lesson, students discuss healthy foods and snacks. Students understand the fat and calorie content of foods and discuss the regulations on food manufacturers....
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Labels: Grades 9-12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Check the label! That's the big idea in a lesson about using the nutrition facts on food labels rather than advertising hype to make healthy choices about what to eat. After reading background articles and learning how to read nutrition...
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What's the Shape of Your Diet?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover a healthy diet. In this healthy diet lesson, 4th graders compare their typical diet with the recommendations of MyPyramid for Kids.
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Does Your Diet Stack Up?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.
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ProCon

Milk

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Milk: It does a body good ... or does it? Using the provided website, scholars sort through information to answer the question. They review a chart demonstrating lactose intolerance by ethnicity and region, and they also compare the...
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Horticultural Society of New York

Dress Up Your Salad

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Salad dressings use a variety of different ingredients, but it's important to have a healthy balance of greens to create a delicious mix. Young chefs examine five types of herbs including chives, basil, dill, parsley, and thyme to make a...
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Build a Burger

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners read about hamburgers and analyze a healthy diet as well as the importance of nutrition. In this nutrition education lesson, students read the background information about hamburgers and their nutrition facts. Learners complete...
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Our Choices Matter: What You Eat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will record their food choices for one week, noting calories, protein and vitamin content of foods using a given USDA website. Students will discuss whole class the important of proper nutrition and its role, and what happens...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Labels: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Bring awareness to the ingredients scholars ingest daily with two lessons that look deeply into food labels. The first lesson plan explores the difference between processed and fresh foods while the second lesson plan focuses on sugar...
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Unit Plan
US Department of Agriculture

Serving Up My Plate

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Within three nutrition-themed, inquiry-based learning opportunities, pupils take notice of their eating habits; delve deep into the five food groups, gain experience in planning meals, participate in a taste test, and explore ads from...
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Activity
Curated OER

4th Grade Food Safety Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
From a high-speed hand-washing lesson to identifying important nutrients in fruits and veggies, this resource has several activity ideas and worksheets for teaching food safety to your learners.
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. For this science lesson, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Students play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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Beef and Beef By-Products

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the various types of beef and the many uses of its by-products. They increase their knowledge by playing a game of "beef bingo."They discuss what parts of beef animals are their by-products.