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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Healthful Snacks

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students examine how to make healthy snacks that include all the food groups and how to harvest, clean and eat fruits and veggies from the garden.  In this healthy snack lesson students complete several activities that have to do with...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Birchbark House Foods Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this food worksheet, students read the book The Birchbark House and list the foods in the story along with making an X by the food if they have eaten it and then write which food group it is in. Students have 11 foods to write and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Healthy Fruit Food Group: Yummy Drops Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play a computer game where they help deliver fruit that is on a plane to families. In this fruit food group lesson plan, students use the arrows to manipulate the plane. It gets more challenging as the plane goes faster.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Food Pyramid Coloring

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this food pyramid instructional activity, students color the pyramids to match the correct food groups by the colors listed. Students then color the foods inside each pyramid.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: You Are What You Eat!

For Students 6th - 8th
Thinking about improving your sports performance? Want to help friends and family make the most of their physical fitness activities? One factor to consider is food. Whether you realize it or not, what you eat does change your body. It...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Green Light Eating

For Teachers 1st - 5th
During this healthy foods instructional activity, students will sort foods into "healthy" and "unhealthy" categories.Students with then keep a food journal and reflect about their food choices.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Food Foldable

For Teachers K - 1st
During this lesson, students will listen to a poem about a balanced diet and create a foldable. In each section of the foldable, students will include information about a different food group and will use this creation as a study guide.
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Website
US Department of Agriculture

Usda: Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Preschoolers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Games, posters, and coloring pages help explain the food pyramid and the importance of good nutrition to kids.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Three Meals for Gregory

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through instructional activity) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, students create...
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Website
Other

Eat Your Way to Five a Day!

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource presents guidelines to follow to help you make healthy food choices and get the nutrients from fruits and vegetables that your body needs.
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Interactive
Other

Footprints Science: Food Groups

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation displays examples of different food groups for the students to correctly label.
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Interactive
English Club

English Club: Esl Games: Vocabulary: Mystery Matches 4 (Lower Intermediate)

For Students 4th - 6th
Play an elementary level memory match game by matching each food with its corresponding food group.