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Stocks, Sauces, Soups

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Written for a food and nutrition class, this resource has young chefs prepare chicken noodle soup. It begins by teaching vocabulary required for making soups, sauces, and stocks, as well as how to calculate percentages from given ratios....
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Exploring MyPlate

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A PowerPoint presentation thoroughly details the 2011 MyPlate recommendations. The class is given a blank MyPlate worksheet to label and color as they watch the presentation. Although the content is informative and the presentation...
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Equivalents Bingo-Enrichment Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Sometimes you need to play a game in order to reinforce learning. Use Bingo cards to review the equivalents for both dry and liquid portions. Playing Bingo helps learners to practice recognizing measurement units, abbreviations, and...
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Food Choices The Pyramid Way

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop skills in making nutritionally-sound food choices. Keeping a food diary, they analyze their food intake using the food pyramid as a guide. Students identify and explain the relationship of nutrition to personal health...
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students construct food pyramids by painting shoe boxes and using them to respresent different food groups. They cut out and paste pictures of the respresentative foods for the groups on the box sides. They compare their diets to the...
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Dietary Rules

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Healthy eating habits is the focus of this resource. Learners discuss fat and cholesterol, caloric needs, and the importance of exercise. There is a worksheet and a handout of dietary guidelines to supplement the information provided.
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Good Health from the Ground Up

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine healthy food choices and the benefits of growing their own food for consumption. They read the story "Favorite Things" and illustrate 5 favorite things. Students discuss types of foods that are healthy choices and why it...
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Dietary Supplements and the Chemistry of Life

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the effects of dietary supplements on bodily functions.  In this health lesson students calculate their caloric needs and research dietary supplements. 
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À Votre Sant?: A French-Language Unit on Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover the basic nutritional information for different foods.  For this nutrition lesson students classify items, identify what a balanced diet is and determine what recipes are healthy. 
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Testing for Vitamin C in Different Drinks and Foods

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine the importance of vitamin c in their diets and the sources that it comes from.  In this vitamin lesson students complete hands on activities, interpret data and make a bar graph.
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Health, Health, Hurrah!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explain the importance of eating healthy food. In this health science lesson, 3rd graders construct a balanced menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They create a collage about it and share it with the class.
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5 A Day The Color Way

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

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the dietary guidelines and what they do.  In this healthy eating lesson students study nutrition labels and calorie needs.
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Dietary Fiber

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the different types of fiber and their benefits.  In this investigative lesson plan students find good sources of fiber in different foods. 
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What's Cookin'?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine their eating habits. In this nutrition lesson, students will journal their eating habits over a period of three days. They will use a diet analysis web page to determine the nutritional factors of their eating habits.
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Importance of Rice

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the importance of rice in our world. In this rice farming lesson, 3rd graders discover how much rice we use on a daily basis. Students also discover myths from other cultures about rice. Students color code a map of...
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Can Diet and Exercise Help?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research information on diabetes. In this health and or language arts lesson, students develop Power Point presentations to demonstrate how life style choices affect the risk of developing diabetes. This is a great...
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Mystery Fruits and Vegetables: Why They Are Important to Us

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this health lesson, students participate in a guessing game, trying to identify fruits and vegetables without seeing them. Students discuss the importance of a well...
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Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a story called Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current event Lose a Million Pounds lesson plan, students respond to literature by...
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I Smell Turkey!

For Students K - 1st
In this reading and coloring worksheet, students investigate reading about yummy foods at Thanksgiving by making a 7 page book. Students read each page which features a different food on the Thanksgiving table. Students write in their...
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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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Fruit Shopping

For Students K - 1st
In this nutrition worksheet, students learn to recognize and count out fruit on a pretend shopping trip. Students color 5 different fruits the appropriate colors and count out and glue the fruit in the paper bag according to what is on...
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Food Comparison PDF

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this health worksheet, students are led through lessons to become familiar with the dietary recommendations of the government.
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Strategies for Success

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share opinions about common bad habits, read about behavior economics by reading and discussing article "Your Plate Is Bigger Than Your Stomach," identify goals and strategies designed to improve negative behaviors, and test...