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Lunch Food? Mmmm! Mmmm! Good!
Examine how nutrition plays an important role in our lives by conducting online research and developing lunch menus that satisfy nutritional requirements set up by the United States Department of Agriculture. Students download recipes,...
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Food Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines
Students examine Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines. They look at samples of serving sizes, sort different foods into their correct groups, complete worksheets to discover which types of foods they eat regularly, and discuss...
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The Food Pyramid
Students determine that humans need food to function properly. In this nutrition lesson plan, students discuss the food categories used in the food pyramid by charting the foods eaten in one day.
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Imports and Exports for Making a Food Pyramid
Students examine the food pyramid and discuss it nutritional value. They play a game to determine what types of foods and number of servings they need to complete food pyramids. they can i"import" or "export" cards with foods they need...
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My Personal Pyramid
Students complete a WebQuest that explores three different food pyramids. In small groups, they explore the websites, complete a Venn diagram, and design a mini-poster of a food pyramid that meets nutritional standards and includes their...
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Picture Perfect Pyramid
Young scholars investigate the concept of the food pyramid. The lesson includes background information for the teacher to lecture students about the food pyramid. They construct a model of the pyramid using cereal boxes. The projects...
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Life Science: My Pyramid
Students examine how the school food program compares to the food pyramid recommendations. In this food pyramid lesson plan, students compile data regarding the food choices available in the school through the lunch program and vending...
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My Pyramid for Kids
Students become familiar with the proper amounts of different types of foods they should eat each day. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students complete worksheets to develop better eating habits. Students understand the...
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The Food Pyramid
Fourth graders plan a variety of nutritional meals using the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid as a reference and analyze food labels to plan their meals. They examine and discuss the Food Pyramid, and create dichotomous keys separating food...
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Understanding My Pyramid
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition activity, students view and discuss the food pyramid and the role it plays in our diets. Students develop a three dimensional model of the food pyramid and create a nutritious meal...
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Making Healthy Food and Activity Choices: Putting the Pyramid Together
Students work with the Food Guide Pyramid. In this Food Guide Pyramid instructional activity, students draw a large rendering of the food pyramid on a piece of butcher paper. They cut out pictures of foods and place them on the food...
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Raid the Food Pantry
Students explore the food groups represented on the food pyramid. In this nutrition and physical education instructional activity, students participate in a game in which teams try to grab a play food object designated by the teacher and...
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My Pyramid
In this food pyramid worksheet, students read about the servings recommended for food group and tips about staying healthy. Students can also write their food choices for a day. The worksheet also includes a letter to the family and...
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Getting the Most From Your Food
Students study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food. In this healthy foods lesson, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day. Students discuss their choices and how they could make better choices.
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Food Pyramid
Students identify good nutrition. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn the basics of good nutrition, identify the six basic food groups, state the effects of the food on the human body, and learn nutritional information while...
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The Food Pyramid and it's importance
Tenth graders demonstrate an understanding of the food groups by categorizing foods in the proper area. Given the six food groups in the food pyramid each student is given twenty pictures of foods and asked to place them under the...
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Investigating the Food Pyramid
Students examine how the food pyramid is an important nutritional tool. They classify foods and compare the number of servings per group that are necessary for maintaining good health by placing empty food containers in grocery bags.
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Dietary Guidelines/Food Pyramid
Learners study the recommended Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Food Guide Pyramid. They discuss the foods they eat, watch a video about the Food Pyramid and examine actual foods portioned out into recommended serving sizes.
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Health Lesson: Food Pyramid
Students identify each level of the food pyramid and keep a record of their food intake. In this food pyramid lesson, students relate the food pyramid to the Gaza Pyramids. Students discuss the purpose and plan of the food pyramid and...
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Food Pyramid Menu
Young scholars analyze the food pyramid. For this food pyramid lesson, students evaluate their nutritional needs. Young scholars record their eating habits and determine if their food choices were healthy.
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Using the Food Pyramid to Make Healthy Food Choices
Students investigate how to make healthy choices. In this food pyramid lesson, students read about making healthy choices. Students chart the food they eat to see where it is on the pyramid. Students then create a collage of healthy...
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Food Pyramid
Students list and explain the five food groups and the recommended serving amounts. In this food pyramid lesson, students discuss the food pyramid and journal about their reaction to it. Students complete a building block activity and...
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The Food Pyramid
Fourth graders study the food pyramid and photograph food choices from their school to create a healthy meal guide. In this food choices lesson, 4th graders study the food pyramid, photograph healthy food choices at their cafeteria, and...
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You Are What You Eat
Students identify healthy food choices from the food groups on the USDA food pyramid. In this nutrition and health lesson plan, students identify and name examples of each food group displayed on the food pyramid. Students cut out...