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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II

For Teachers All
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, and calculate recipe-size adjustments and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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Hatching chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners recognize the need for gentle care of eggs. In this chicken hatching instructional activity, students observe the process of incubating eggs for hatching. Learners find the materials needed to properly care for the chicks....
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Family Staples: Hide and Seek Pancakes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students cook rolled pancakes and practice  culinary skills that promote an integration in a variety of foods.  In this cooking lesson, students develop the skill of properly measuring and mixing ingredients . Students then...
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What's the Shape of Your Diet?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, 5th graders investigate a proper balanced diet and compare their daily diet with recommendations from the food pyramid. Students create a visual representation of their...
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School Lunches Get More Healthful

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a story called School Lunches Get More Healthful and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events school lunch lesson plan, student respond to literature by answering questions, recalling...
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"Newsinary"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a good way to use newspapers in the classroom and build a functional vocabulary. Learners are given 26 cards, they write one letter of the alphabet on each. They search the paper to find a name, place, or word for each letter,...
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Nutrition: One Hot Topic!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars learn the content of the food groups and are better prepared to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Students identify the main food groups and list content examples. Young scholars create a cookbook of new and healthy...
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Falling Food Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners examine personal health by defining the five food groups. In this food pyramid lesson, students discuss the importance of each food group and write them on the board. Learners utilize the Internet to participate in a food...
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Feeding Your Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners discuss nutrition and diet. They look at copies of Tetra's Daily Nutrition Pyramid for Tropical Fish. They compare the fish feeding pyramid to the pyramid for human nutrition. Students examine a can of fish food.
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students make a variety of recipes that include fruits and vegetables. For this fruit and vegetables lesson plan, students make recipes, learn about the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables needed per day, describe how to sanitize...
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Jr. Chef Club

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students review proper hand washing techniques and make a recipe. In this cooking lesson plan, students explore how to wash their hands properly before cooking and how to make a few edible treats.
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The Food Pyramid and it's importance

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders demonstrate an understanding of the food groups by categorizing foods in the proper area. Given the six food groups in the food pyramid each student is given twenty pictures of foods and asked to place them under the...
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Building a Pyramid

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, research and create a poster or brochure examining the new food pyramid. They create a one-day menu that satisfies the requirements.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Consumer Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms on the board, identify/label food items, how much they cost and the value of using coupons to save money. In addition, they practice reading the labels on the food packaging...
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Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a nonprofit organization activity for hunger outreach problems. In this service project lesson, students practice counting coins, complete a service project for a hunger outreach, discuss nutrition and healthy...
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First Place Foods

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, 1st graders create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast healthy foods. Students place foods in the proper circle.
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Reporting Emergencies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role play reporting emergency situations to the proper authorities. Working as a class, students create a list of possible emergencies that may need to be reporetd. Working with their partner, they role play reporting as many...
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Fit Kid

For Teachers K - 6th
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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The Human Body

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make life-size models of their bodies by having a partner trace them. They glue the basic body parts in the proper places and decorate them with hair, and facial features.
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Life Does Not Live By Bread Alone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the relationship between micronutrients and proper metabolic function. The lesson should serve as an introduction to the subject. The subject of the function includes the study of plants, animals, and humans. They...
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Abbreviations, Substitutions, Equivalents Review Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together to prepare a cookie recipe. In groups, they measure ingredients and review abbreviations and substitutions when it comes to different systems of measurement. To end the lesson, they demonstrate the use of...
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What Do Dog's Need?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss proper care of pets. In this animal care lesson, students discuss what pets need to be healthy and happy. Students act out roles of pets and owners and create a pet tag. 
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The Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 5th
Students determine that humans need food to function properly. In this nutrition activity, students discuss the food categories used in the food pyramid by charting the foods eaten in one day.
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Make a Food Safety Brochure

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create brochures that inform their families how to prepare and store food to prevent food-borne illnesses. They research food safety facts and proper food-handling techniques on the internet.