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abcteach

Abcteach: Science: Health and Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Elementary to middle school students can learn from the resources here about food and nutrition. In particular is a lesson plan and worksheet on the food pyramid guidelines issued by the USDA in 2005.
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U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Best Bones Forever!

For Students 4th - 8th
Lesson plans and activities to encourage girls to get physically active and to snack on foods that make healthy bones. Gives basic facts about bones and relates how eating foods with calcium and vitamin D gives a person strong bones....
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Health (La Salud)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An exercise designed to teach Spanish-speaking ELLs about healthy eating and the vocabulary of food and nutrition. Students answer comprehension questions based on a short reading about losing weight. Instructions in Spanish; exercise in...
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Lesson Plan
Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Gardens Activity Guide: Soil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students conduct a soil analysis to understand soil types and explore the relationship between the garden and healthy, fertile soil. Soil is a natural resource that is crucial to life on Earth and when managed properly, it...