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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explain the important role of water in the body. For this adult health lesson, students examine foods with high water content. They share ways to get the recommended amount of water per day.
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Eat Your Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor.  In this investigative lesson students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils. 
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What's For Lunch? A Combination Sensation!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students combine different foods to make possible lunches and determine the specific combinations of lunches that can be made from a finite set of foods.
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The Pyramid of Power

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the food pyramid, nutrition, and how to plan a balanced diet. This fun activity is well-planned and a great introduction to the food pyramid!
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Inside Out: An Up-Close Look At Foods We Eat

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the origins of meats and vegetables consumed by humans on a daily basis. They classify foods (meats, dairy products, grains...) and create a food pyramid.
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You Are What You Eat!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the calories in food samples and plan a meal based on the calorie amount. In this calories lesson plan, students also devise a work out program to burn off the calories.
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What Happens to Our Bodies When We Get Sick?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore ways in which they become sick. They find out ways that there bodies fight off bacteria. Students watch a video from the Magic School Bus series:"Inside Raphie." After reviewing video students can openly discuss...
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Health Smart Virginia

Social Emotional Skills Lessons Overview

For Teachers 7th
Sometimes the hardest part of planning any unit of instruction is determining the activities that reinforce the concepts of the lessons and support the development of student skills. This first resource in the Health Smart series...
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Mental Health/Social Emotional Skills

For Teachers 9th
A 7-page packet of activity ideas, lesson plans, and information resources provides instructors of high school freshmen a wealth of materials to support teaching the concepts in a Health Smart unit.
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What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the food that they eat and choose snacks that are healthy and low in fat.  In this healthy food lesson students keep a  food log of what they ate, graph the results and experiment with food to see which foods are high in...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write down their idea of a healthy meal, review the food guide pyramid and consider what could make the meal healthier.
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Food Pyramid Nutrition Puzzles

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students put together food group puzzles on the computer and identify the healthy message in the end. In this food lesson plan, students identify the food group that the puzzle is representing as well.
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Stick Out Your Tongue

For Teachers K
Students explore their sense of taste and recognize good foods to eat. In this tasting lesson plan, students recognize that their tongue has taste buds for different types of tastes. Students create a bar graph showing their favorite...
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Food and Nutrition

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in an after school program that promotes decision making, cooperation, choosing healthy foods, recognizing and naming a variety of foods, state healthy benefits from eating healthy foods and involving oneself in...
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Fantastic Foods

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the health benefits of dark chocolate. They research other foods which they consider to be both healthy and delicious for a "classroom pantry."
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete variety of activities to explore the Food Pyramid and the importance of eating a variety of healthy foods.
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Energy Balance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read various health articles. In this being active health lesson, students discover why it is important to be active and eat healthy foods. Students read articles about sleep, the food pyramid and energy.
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Food Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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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What’s the Shape of Your Diet?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students analyze their diets. In this healthy diet activity, students keep food journals and examine their diets next to the recommended daily allowances of MyPyramid for Kids.
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Health and Growth

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students recognize that living things need food and water.  In this health and growth lesson, students identify foods that are better for health and growth. Students sing a song and complete a worksheet. Students understand that they...
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Lesson 3: Nutrition, Labeling and Packaging

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore basic nutrition concepts to help them select healthy diet, evaluate food intake, discuss major food labeling issues, design labels for food products, examine history of food packaging development and how packaging...
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Healthful Living

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders take digital pictures of people in healthful activities.  In this technology health lesson, 3rd graders use their digital pictures to create a healthy living multimedia presentation.
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Essential Nutrients - Daily Guides

For Teachers All
List the recommended dietary guidelines and explain their function and implementation. (The guidelines are listed below) National Standards 14.3.1 Aim for fitness Aim for a healthy weight Be physically active each day
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Health and growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine ways for people to stay healthy, such as exercising and eating right.

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