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Non-Nutrients: Fiber and Water
Students discuss how much fiber and water a person needs each day. They use beans soaked in water to show the benefits of water to the human body. They also learn the health benefits to eating healthy.
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Fit Kid
Learners practice and perform the song "Fit Kid" while learning the basics of motion and music and dynamics in this elementary-level lesson for the General Music classroom. The lesson emphasizes proper exercise and diet for a healthy life.
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Nutrition: Gregory the Terrible Eater
Young scholars listen to a story about a goat who craves human food. They discover the four basic food groups and discuss what they might eat if they were terrible eaters. Students retell the story by looking at the pictures. They...
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Using Product Labels
Students examine food labels. They conduct a food label hunt to determine if specific foods are safe and acceptable for people with specific food allergies. They study a variety of food labels to determine whether or not they would...
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My Pyramid
Tenth graders analyze the new Food Guide Pyramid. In this healthy diet lesson, 10th graders explore the the website with the new food pyramid. Students use magazines to find foods from the food groups and create their own pyramid....
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Fatty Food
Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits lesson, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc bags...
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Fast Food: You Can Choose!
Learners research the nutritional value of fast food. They assess which fast foods are best and worst to eat. They organize their data into tables and graphs and explain their findings to other students.
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Food Environmental Quality And Health
Students focus on the issues that students face during middle childhood. They recognize the negative effects of poor nutrition and make more informed healthy decisions. They conduct further self-analysis in regards to their individual...
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Diseases
Sixth graders create a type of notebook or journal using colored copy paper on which to take notes. They complete research on a certain disease and report on it and then design their own disease causing bacteria or virus. Finally, 6th...
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Food, Families, and Festivals
In this festivals learning exercise, students work as a group and sort pictures of food into 2 groups: party foods and everyday foods. Students then discuss their favorite foods, celebrations with foods, quantities of food, and foods for...
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How Much of Each Nutrient Does Your Body Need, and How Can You Find Out What Is In Each Food?
Fifth graders practice reading food labels to find nutrients in foods. In this health lesson, 5th graders read food labels and discuss the recommended daily allowance of each nutrient. They compare this to the food pyramid and create a...
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Introduction to Digestion: What Happens to a Hamburger?
Students explore the human body by analyzing how food is absorbed. In this food digestion lesson plan, students utilize health vocabulary terms by participating in a guessing game activity. Students discuss their own eating habits and...
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Vital Vitamins
Students study vitamins and who should take them and what ones to take. In this investigative instructional activity students plan a healthy diet after reviewing the types of supplements.
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Weekly Meal Sheet
In this food diary activity, learners record the foods they eat from each of 5 groups on a chart that has spaces for each day of the week.
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Math Nutrition
Fifth graders use nutritional knowledge to plan balanced meals and use grocery store flyers to calculate costs of the meals. They create word problems using these flyers.
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Food Group Concentration
Young scholars play a game of concentration using various foods to make matches. A match consists of foods from the same food group or combination foods that contain the same combination of food groups.
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Dietary Guidelines Multimedia Presentation
Students create a powerpoint presentation highlighting the USDA Dietary Guidelines. They are create a ten slide presentation demonstrating their knowledge of the food pyramid. Students are provided with printable materials to aid in...
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Snack Attack
Students choose healthy snacks. They are given a point for a snack that is low in fat and sugar. Students recieve a bag of apples or oranges once a week for the winning homeroom. They have a list of suggested snacks in each homeroom,...
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Favorite Drink
In this favorite drink instructional activity, 1st graders study the various types of drinks and determine which drink is their favorite. Students circle their favorite drink.
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Favorite Green Vegetable
In this favorite vegetable activity, students study the various types of green vegetables and determine which is their favorite. Students circle their favorite green vegetable.
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Favorite Fruit
In this favorite fruit activity, students study the various types of fruits and determine which is their favorite. Students circle their favorite fruit.
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Favorite Thanksgiving Foods
In this favorite foods worksheet, students study the various images of Thanksgiving foods. Students circle their favorite Thanksgiving foods.
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Nutrition Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues that relate to vitamins and nutrition. Students find 4 words to complete the puzzle.
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Individual and Environmental Factors Affecting Food Systems and Choices
Learners study the environmental factors that affect food systems and choices. In this food systems and health lesson plan, students study global and national information about obesity. Learners study photos and captions about the topic....
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