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Grocery Store

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore food and grocery stores. In this instructional activity on foods, students are introduced to the food pyramid and healthy eating through a variety of center activities. Students have to opportunity to role-play working...
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American Museum of Natural History

Global Grocery

For Students 6th - 12th
A walk through the grocery store is like a walk around the world. An interactive activity shows popular grocery items and where the ingredients originate. Perfect as a remote learning resource, the lesson connects groceries to the...
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Grocery Store Bans Plastic Bags

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in the paper vs. plastic bag debate, then read a news article about one grocery store that is banning plastic bags. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the news article with a debate...
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Static Electricity - Grocery Store Items

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate static electricity using inexpensive "grocery store" items. They view demonstrations with video segments. They graph the data they collect.
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Producers and Consumers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students make lists of producers and consumers and act as consumers that eat producers in a garden. In this producers and consumers lesson plan, students demonstrate a food chain by using a piece of yarn to connect all of them together.
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Buying in Bulk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate buying purchases in bulk. In this buying in bulk lesson, students consider ways to cut costs and reduce waste in landfills by making bulk purchases.
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Food Safety at the Grocery Store

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the connection between food spoilage and temperature control. They determine the difference between expiration, sell-by, and use by date on food. They investigate food safety practices to look for when food shopping.
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Healthy Snacks Project Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
After learning why it is important to limit salt, fat, and sugar in their diets, divide your class into pairs or groups to complete this project. Each group will create two charts: unhealthy and healthy foods. They will cut out food...
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A Burst of Light: Mineral Use in Fireworks

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the role of minerals in industries. They use minerals that are found in the grocery store to complete flame tests. They complete an experiment using fireworks.
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The Earth Day Groceries Project

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research Earth Day and make bags to hand out on Earth Day to help promote taking care of the environment.
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The Long Road to Coffee

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discover how coffee is processed from a plant, to a drink. In this life cycle lesson plan, students study that cells and organisms go through a cycle of growth and change. Young scholars organize picture cards, illustrate...
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National Wildlife Federation

Plastic in the Sea

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
How much plastic do people use? Class members identify how plastic is involved in their daily lives by looking at food packaging either at a grocery store or at home. Learners view statistics for the amount of plastics found on a beach...
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Honduras Finding the Top Bananas

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete an online scavenger hunt about banana cultivation before they visit a grocery store to examine banana products. They investigate "certified" means in relation to banana production and read the "Rainforest Alliance...
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Grocery Store Problem Solving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore healthy eating habits by viewing instructional videos in class. In this food pyramid lesson, 4th graders identify the different classifications within the food pyramid and identify how they can improve overall...
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Power Problem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students complete an electricity activity to learn about power outages, insurance, and weather preparation. Students use the worksheet 'Power Problem Work Sheet' and use the 'Global Grocery List Project price list for the U.S.' to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine why scientists classify living organisms. They list and classify items they buy at the grocery store, sort and classify leaves, explore various websites, and write a biography of Carolus Linnaeus.
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4-H Food Science Activity Page- Life Skill- Healthy Lifestyle Choices

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this 4-H food science learning exercise set, student investigate safe food handling procedures, create a recipe to share, identify the types of meats that are found at their local grocery store, and identify five dairy products. They...
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Earth Day Grocery Bag Art

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students decorate grocery bags with messages aimed at increasing environmental responsibility. They deliver the bags to local grocery stores in time for Earth Day.
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Farming: It's a Fact!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use worksheets, food items, and computer programs to learn about the path of food from the farm to their meals. In this agriculture activity, students use a provided worksheet to learn facts about farming. They use a bag of...
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Food Without Oil

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the oil crisis and how it affects the food they eat. In this food production lesson, students look at the foods sold in their grocery store and imagine which would leave if there was no oil to ship the food. They...
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California Academy of Science

Food for Thought: Defining a Problem to Find a Solution

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Scholars approach a problem trying to plan a meal for a class party. They learn about the restrictions and must decide what information they need to plan the meal. The first lesson in a 13-part unit on Our Hungry Planet encourages...
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Food Travels and Preservation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a worksheet. In this food distribution and preservation lesson, students learn about the transportation of agricultural projects. Students list foods that they buy at the grocery store and then identify how each product...
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Diversity of Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the uses of trees, For this trees lesson, 4th graders discover the uses of trees and how we use them everyday. Students collect items and decide if they are made from trees, have a scavenger hunt for wood products...
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Economics: What is done to rice to get it ready to eat?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a map showing the journey of rice from the field to the grocery store.  In this agriculture lesson plan, 3rd graders discover and map the process of harvesting and preparing rice to be packaged and shipped to sell to...

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