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PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: How Far to Mount Katahdin
Organized into 5 parts, this lesson combines physical activity with academic subjects including math, health, and geography. In part I, young scholars calculate how many steps it would take to complete the Appalachian Trail. In parts II...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson 1: Where Are the Soda Trees?
Using film clips from In Defense of Food and a team activity, learners explore healthy eating habits. Students get excited about becoming food defenders and begin learning how to differentiate between food (whole and minimally processed)...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson 3: Claim Game
Using a clip from In Defense of Food and photos of food packaging, students uncover five "tricky techniques" companies use to sell food products. Then, students create plans to eat foods instead of phuds to avoid the allure of clever...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson 2: Chemical Cuisine
By exploring the ingredients in various foods and phuds, students experience first-hand how phuds are engineered to taste irresistible. Students learn and discuss a new Food Rule around eating foods with easily pronounceable ingredients.
Indiana University
Area 10 Math and Technology Project: Nutrition Labels
Lesson Plan involving all aspects of reading a nutrition label. Emphasizes math skills. Includes links to a teacher outline, student copies and reference materials.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Using Food Labels
Do you know how to read a food label? Food labels provide important information about the nutritional value of foods. In this lesson students will learn about food labels, healthful eating, nutrition facts, and units of measurement...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Food for the Brain
The brain needs many different kinds of raw materials from food and ecommended serving sizes are often smaller than the size actually served or the amounts people eat. For this lesson students are introduced to this concept by dissecting...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors
This activity teaches students to identify the differences between healthy and unhealthy behaviors. Included are graphic cards that the students will use to make a classroom chart of healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curriculum Introduction: In Defense of Food
This section includes an overview of the curriculum, ideas for how to get started, and snapshots of the curriculum's key features. The "How to use this curriculum" section helps educators see how lessons are structured to be clear and...
National Institutes of Health
Nih Curriculum Supplement Series: The Science of Energy Balance
A great resource for teachers to help explain the balance between calorie intake and physical activity. There are many student activities that reinforce the need for physical activity in a healthy life style. Included are a teacher's...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Food Foldable
During this lesson, students will listen to a poem about a balanced diet and create a foldable. In each section of the foldable, students will include information about a different food group and will use this creation as a study guide.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: You Are What You Eat
Girls and boys explore the connections between a well-balanced diet and a healthy body. Students keep a food diary, then compare their diet to the recommended daily allowance of food servings. Students use Thinkfinity websites to examine...