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Food Pyramid Abacus
Students investigate the Food Pyramid by constructing a creative project known as a Food Pyramid Abacus. They correlate the color beads withe each food group and the number of recommended servings from each. The abacus is a learning tool...
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The Food Connection
Students examine the connection between the foods on the food pyramid and agricultural products. They identify the food groups, discuss foods from each group, complete two handouts, and construct a desktop food pyramid, placing foods in...
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Benefits of Nutrients
Explore the nutrients a body needs using this resource. Learners discuss the importance of the relationships between proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. It's a great way to have your class talk about the healthy...
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Eating Our Way to a Healthy Body: Classifying Foods
Students examine the major food groups. For this classifying foods lesson, students discover the 5 food groups as they read books and play games. Students then sort foods into the appropriate food groups
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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, and calculate recipe-size adjustments and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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Make a Pinhole Viewer
In this light worksheet, students construct a pinhole viewer using a paper box, wax paper, tape and a pushpin. They answer six questions about their observations, the orientation of the images they saw, and the results of their experiment.
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Getting the Most From Your Food
Learners study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food. In this healthy foods lesson plan, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day. Learners discuss their choices and how they could make better...
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Modeling Good Eating
Young scholars identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. In this dietary lesson, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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Economics: What Are Some Other Uses for Rice?
Sixth graders investigate ways rice is sold by creating a chart of the different rice foods. In this economics lesson, 6th graders examine their local food store and list at least 10 rice by-products in a class chart. Students discover...
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Microorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?
Students discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Students discuss the good and bad of...
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Food Pyramid Abacus
Young scholars examine the importance of eating a healthy balanced diet. They read and discuss an article about the Food Guide Pyramid, and construct a Food Pyramid Abacus.
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Introduction to the Food Pyramid
Students review information on the food pyramid, either in printed works or on the Internet, to research healthy eating habits.
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Watching Wheatstacks
Students explore basic shapes in Monet's paintings Wheatstacks, Snow Effect and Morning. They study about light and shadows through reading and experimenting with three-dimensional models and flashlights.
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Let's Go Shopping
Students review and identify common vocabulary related to food, shopping, and courtesy expressions. Students then practice English language skills by shopping in classroom market while playing roles of shoppers and store personnel.
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Alphabetical Order 3
In this spelling worksheet, students arrange a list of 25 words into alphabetical order. All of the words name some type of food or drink.
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Noncount Nouns: Expressions of Quantity
In this expressions of quantity worksheet, students determine nouns to follow bolded expressions. Students choose eight expressions' endings from a list of multiple choice nouns.
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Kansas vs the U.S.
Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and political geography of Kansas. They view maps and films to gain knowledge of Kansas. They calculate the percentage Kansas harvests for each crop out of the national total.
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The Present Simple-Daily Routines and Likes and Dislikes
In this daily routines worksheet, students read paragraphs telling about two peoples days, likes, and dislikes. They work in partners to ask and answer twenty-four comprehension questions about each section.
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Pies: A Practical Application
Students participate in making a pie. They are to discuss the nutritional value and the different types of pies. They also answer questions from the teacher about fat and they complete a pie evaluation form.
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Pyramid
Students work in small groups as they are assigned one of the food groups. They decide how to act out one of the foods included in that group. Next, they discuss their favorite foods and where they fit on the food pyramid and examine the...
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Consumerism - Brand Comparison Lab
The student will have an opportunity for themselves to determine which brand they prefer by comparing national and store brands by their appearance, cost and flavor. They will be looking for the best economical value.
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Protein
Students examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body. In this protein lesson students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does.
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Shopping List
In this food worksheet, students update a menu to make the food choices healthier and write a shopping list in order to get these items. Students complete 2 activities.
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Trace and Read: Food
In this food words trace and read learning exercise, students trace 15 food words 4 times each. Students use the extra space to write the food words independently.