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BioEd Online

Serving Sizes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
When it comes to eating a balanced diet, portion control is paramount, but what is the difference between the serving size on the nutrition facts label and a portion as determined by the USDA? In a comprehensive look at portion control,...
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FloridaHealth

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Invite that hungry caterpillar to teach your class about nutrition! After brief instruction on fruit, the teacher reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle to the class. Kids hold up the fruit images at appropriate points in the...
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Pickett's Mill Elementary

Test Taking Hints and Strategies for Standardized Tests

For Students 3rd - 8th
Process of elimination is a valuable test-taking strategy, but what else can we teach our class about taking tests? Present a resource that promotes healthy eating and sleeping before taking a test, as well as suggesting reading the...
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Curated OER

NickNews: Winners and Losers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students view the excerpt from NickNews entitled, "Winners and Losers." In groups, they categorize a variety of words and images relating to weight, healthy eating, and healthy lifestyle. They discuss adopting positive eating habits,...
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Curated OER

You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine food labels and study serving size and calories.  In this healthy eating lesson students complete several activities to understand food labels.
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Curated OER

The Food Connection

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners 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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Curated OER

Gardens Throughout the World

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study various aspects of gardens. In this garden lesson, 4th graders discover the location of famous gardens on a map. Students research historic gardens.
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Curated OER

Nutrition in Me

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss and complete activities to further their knowledge about nutrition in their diet. For this nutrition lesson, students discuss their diets and the amount of vegetables and fruits they are consuming daily. Students define...
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Curated OER

Module 2: "Keeping Teeth Bright and Healthy"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students become aware why cleaning their teeth helps keep them strong and healthy. They study basic brushing techniques, what plaque is, how a cavity is formed, why having clean teeth is an important part of having a clean body and why...
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Curated OER

The Dietary Guidelines (2010)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In a mini-lab, the class will prepare Hawaiian Haystacks to eat. A note-taking worksheet is included for learners to use during a PowerPoint presentation about six basic dietary guidelines. Most of the time required for this activity is...
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Vegetable Flowers with Homemade Ranch Dip

For Teachers K - 6th
Vegetables aren't just things we can grow to eat; now they are things we can grow to create art! Use this cute and kid-friendly recipe during your next Earth Day celebration. It includes step-by-step instructions on how to turn...
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Curated OER

Eat Right!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use magazines and other food pictures to arrange healthy meals onto construction paper.
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Curated OER

All-Star Eating Habits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game to identify healthy foods. In this healthy foods lesson plan, students move around the game board going forward on healthy foods and back on junk foods.
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Curated OER

Food: Eating Habits

For Students 7th - 8th
Learners match pictures of people eating certain foods with the correct phrase. Student pairs interview each other in order to gather and compare information on food eating habits, and awareness of nutritional value - or lack thereof.
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Curated OER

Your Healthy Body

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the food groups. In this nutrition lesson, 3rd graders examine the food pyramid and create a balanced diet plan. Students label a blank food pyramid outline.
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Food Challenge

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify poor eating habits and create a plan to overcome them. In this eating habits lesson plan, students identify four eating habits they have and research the implications of poor eating habits. Students find healthy...
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Curated OER

Rate Your Family's Plate

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their family's eating habits. In this adult health lesson, students share what they think from the survey facts presented to them. They set a goal for their family's health.
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Sometimes And All the Time Foods

For Teachers K
Students utilize a picture of a lunch box and draw pictures of healthy food choices with which to fill it. The reasons for their choices of particular foods are discussed and the concepts of sometimes foods and all the time foods are...
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Curated OER

The Food Pyramid

For Teachers 4th
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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Curated OER

Building Blocks and Healthy Snacks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete several activities to study healthy snacks. In this healthy diet instructional activity, students sing a song about healthy snacks. Students then make a list of the healthy snacks in the song and vote for their...
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Curated OER

You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the essential nutrients for our bodies.  In this healthy choices instructional activity students complete several activities which includes research and a presentation. 
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Curated OER

Healthful Eating

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners read a story about how cartoon characters are partially to blame for American's obesity problem, and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this healthful eating lesson plan, students respond to literature by...

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