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Pre-K Appetizer: Lesson for Pre-Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore food choices by researching the food pyramid in class. In this healthy eating habits lesson plan, students discuss each layer of the food pyramid and identify areas they need to improve in their own lives. Students visit...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in an original unit about nutrition and record daily intake of food in order to help create a healthy eating plan. They practice making practical food choices for optimum health and then investigate how to maintain...
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Fiber - Adding It To The Diet - Skill Supplement

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine and prepare a recipe and state the purpose of each ingredient. They complete a worksheet based on the food pyramid.
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Matter Cycles — Sum It Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Scholars become part of the cycle of matter with a reader's theater that showcases producers, consumers, decomposers, and the sun. A diagram and discussion concludes the learning experience and enhances comprehension. 
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Tortillas, A Wrap!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine how tortillas fit into a healthy diet. They identify the parts of the food pyramid and decide where tortillas fit into it They also sample some tortillas with healthy ingredients.
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Quick Breads, Muffin Method Demo

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students learn what quick breads are and that they belong to the Bread, Cereal, Grain Food Group on the Food Guide Pyramid which are high in Carbohydrates. They identify characteristics to look for in quick bread products, the...
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Nitrogen Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the main concepts and ideas of the nitrogen cycle. They review key concepts covered up to this point in ecology including food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, and bio-geochemical cycles.
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Fiber - Adding it to the Diet - Skill Supplement

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Food preparation that supports the concepts of adding fiber and water to the diet. Identify fiber, its sources and functions. National Standard 14.2.1 Identify the function of fiber Identify cellulose - non digestible fiber Discuss the...
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Biology: living Things and their Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers recognize that organisms depend on other organisms.  In this organism lesson, students understand symbiotic relationships and competition.  Middle schoolers explain food chains and food webs.  Students understand that...
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Rice as a Source of Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the nutrition in rice. In this rice lesson, 5th graders discover that rice is a great source of energy. Students compare foods to rice to see the differences in the nutritional value. Students classify foods in...
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Cycles of Life in an Urban Habitat: Changes in Biodiversity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare and contrast animate and inanimate objects. For this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders create simple food webs. They observe their environment and create a collage about it.
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Description and Modifying: What's On Your Plate?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create a food product and an advertisement promoting it.  In this description and advertising lesson, students read children's book for inspiration and discover advertising techniques.  Young scholars complete their ads...
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Feeding Your Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss nutrition and diet. They look at copies of Tetra's Daily Nutrition Pyramid for Tropical Fish. They compare the fish feeding pyramid to the pyramid for human nutrition. Students examine a can of fish food.
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A Balanced Diet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine which healthy foods comprise a well balanced meal. Using a checklist, students classify foods as healthy or unhealthy. This lesson plan is intended for students acquiring English.
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Counting on Good Health

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learning about the basic food groups and healthy snacks.
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A Well Balanced Meal

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners are given paper plates and pictures of food. They are to glue the foods they would eat that would make a balanced meal.
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Cooking a Few of my Favorite Things

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders publish a class cookbook of their own recipes. They explore the nutritional value of foods, calculate the measurements, and prepare a healthy recipe for the class.
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Tzedakah: How Can We Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars define what constitutes a nutritious meal, the price of a healthy meal, and understand that some people can't afford healthy meals. In this healthy meals instructional activity, students estimate and research the cost of a...
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Starvation in the Ghettos

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars consider the lack of nutrition experienced in Holocaust ghettos. For this Holocaust lesson, students investigate the Nazi policy of starving people out of the ghettos through their food rationing program. Young scholars...
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Depression Nutrition Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students plan meals for a day based on their own caloric needs, make a shopping list, and "shop" on line.  In this Great Depression nutrition plan instructional activity, students calculate their caloric needs and plan meals before...
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Fit or Fat?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about health by creating healthy snacks, healthy menus, and recording their fat intake with certain foods. In this health lesson plan, students also focus on how exercise can help them stay healthy and loose unhealthy weight.
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What Are Calories?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine calories for the human body. In this calorie instructional activity, students explore the energy expenditures needed for different types of activities and how many calories are needed to support daily functions.
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Quick Breads, Pancake/Waffle Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore the bread, cereal, grain food group on the Food Guide Pyramid. They test recipes for quick breads which are high in carbohydrates and determine the purpose of each of the ingredients in pancakes or waffles.
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Nutrition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, with a partner, design, construct and create a title card with a picture and a fact card based on one of the food groups in the Nutrition Pyramid. They determine the nutritional value of foods in his/her diet and design...

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