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Forest Food Webs
Students consider the interdependency of life in a temperate forest by studying selected organisms from an Asian temperate forest and creating a food web.
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Good Health Care
Students work in collaborative groups researching topics such as nutrition, the benefits of exercise on the body, dental and personal hygiene. They conduct interviews, create charts and posters, and report their results with a written...
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Living or Non-Living
Students examine living and non-living things. In this life science instructional activity, students are given a group of objects and discuss if they are living or non-living. Students identify and list characteristics of living things.
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4-H Food Science- Advanced Activity
In this advanced activity food science instructional activity sets, students complete a food find word search puzzle, and practice food photography as they investigate it as a career. They examine food preservation methods through a food...
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Coca -- Cola Unveils New Global Ad Strategy
In this English learning exercise, students complete a variety of exercises involving news generated about the soft drink Coke. Students read an article, work on 6 warm-ups and answer 8 statements as true or false. Students match up 10...
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Basic Vitamins: Water-Soluble and Fat-Soluble
Students examine vitamins and study their functions and food sources. They research what happens to vitamins when foods are overcooked. They prepare a microwaveable vegetable quiche.
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Vermicomposting
Second graders create an eco-bin and study the habitat of the worm in soil. For this vermicomposting lesson, 2nd graders observe the effects of water ( too much or too little) and other factors on the eco-bin.
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens
Students explore how an egg becomes fertilized. In this biology instructional activity, students "candle" a variety of eggs in order to determine which ones have been fertilized and which ones haven't. Student use paper plates to create...
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School Lunches Get More Healthful
Pupils read a story called School Lunches Get More Healthful and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. For this current events school lunch lesson plan, student respond to literature by answering questions, recalling...
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Ripening of Fruits and Vegetables
How long do fresh foods last in space at the International Space Station? Which foods perish quicker than others? How can astronauts preserve their foods to make them last longer in space? Young scientists test the rates at which some...
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Treating Substance Abuse Problems
Students conduct an open discussion on the legal, social, and health consequences associated with substance abuse. Working in pairs, students discuss the effects of substance abuse and brainstorm possible solutions. Independently,...
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Best Breakfast Authors
Third graders write a story. In this breakfast authors lesson, 3rd graders write about a breakfast food and why it is a good selection. Students may illustrate stories and share with their peers.
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My Favorite Breakfast Foods
First graders consider the importance eating breakfast. In this breakfast foods lesson plan, 1st graders plan meals, examine a variety of breakfast options, and discuss the food groups. Students taste a variety of foods. Extension...
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4-4-3-2 Food Counts
Students investigate the quantities of those foods they must eat each day in order to have a balanced diet. They determine the quantities from each food group they need to eat for a balanced diet.
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Run for your Health
Students, in groups, search the Internet for evidence to support the idea about a relationship between physical activities, health and well being. They create a flyer or newsletter for a campaign to recruit students to the runner's club...
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Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition
Students reeview illnesses and accident vocabulary and model calling the doctor's office and role play requesting an appointment between patient and receptionist. They complete Calling the Doctor activity sheet then read information on...
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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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Water/Hydration
Students develop an understanding of the role water has in the body and the importance of getting enough water each day. Through the activity, students recognize the risks and signs of dehydration. Also, they identify foods with high...
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Smart Snacking
Students define what a snack is in their own words. In this adult health lesson, students discuss the benefits of eating healthy snacks. They give examples of new healthy foods then can serve for snacks.
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Active Lifestyle Challenge
Young scholars, in groups, choose from a list of alternatives for recreational activities, transportation options, nutritional choices and other opportunities people have in their lives to make decisions which either benefits or has a...
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Dietary Guidelines/Food Pyramid
Learners study the recommended Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Food Guide Pyramid. They discuss the foods they eat, watch a video about the Food Pyramid and examine actual foods portioned out into recommended serving sizes.
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A Reef of Your Own
Students study the reproductive strategies of reef building corals. For this coral reef lesson students describe the behaviors of reef building corals and their nutritional strategies.
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Vegetable Twister
Second graders study the changes in organisms over time. For this Life Science lesson, 2nd graders explore how living things react to changes in the environment. Students identify the basic needs of living things.
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Where Do I Belong?
Tenth graders study the diversity of life in the world. They classify and sketch organisms into the 6 kingdoms.