Curated OER
Buggy Diner
Students observe different insects and the different kinds of foods they like to eat. In this insects lesson plan, the teacher collects insects and different plants and roots. Then the students learn about those insects and have to be...
Curated OER
Fruits and Vegetables
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...
Curated OER
Keeping Little Kids Safe Spelling Worksheet
In this little kids safety activity, students read paragraphs about food, water, and more and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 4 words 3 times each.
Curated OER
CREATING A CLASSROOM HOLIDAY
Learners invents a holiday for their classroom, including name, customs, songs, foods, and other defining characteristics based on the research they have conducted and the discussion in Lesson Three.
Curated OER
Let’s Make Cottage Cheese
Learners watch the process of making cottage cheese from milk, then season and taste the product. In this making cottage cheese instructional activity, students make a connection between what they eat and where it came from. ...
Curated OER
Where Do Your Veggies Grow?
First graders investigate the origins of vegetables. In this Science activity, 1st graders identify where fruits and vegetables come from. Students describe how people utilize plants.
Curated OER
Orange Juice - From the Tree to the Glass!
Second graders investigate how orange juice goes from the tree to the grocery store to the home. They complete five learning activities.
Curated OER
Maintaining Strong Fisheries
Students play a game about the life cycle of a blue crab in order to witness the causes of changes in the crab population and discuss what a resource manager could do to keep a stable crab population. Students then create a game titled...
Curated OER
Counting Calories
Students evaluate the health of breakfast foods. They create and solve word problems using cereal nutrition data. They solve additional problems formulated in class and write short essay on what they learned.
Curated OER
Packaging Your Product!
Fifth graders discuss the functions, benefits and drawbacks of packaging. In this product package lesson students design alternative packaging and write an essay to deal with the issues of packaging.
Curated OER
Where Did My Lunch Come From? A U.S. Regional Tour
Students explore the regions from which their food comes. In this social studies lesson, students identify the different agricultural products that are found in the major regions of the United States. Students create a lunch menu.
Curated OER
Eating the Rainbow: At the Farmer's Market
Students share what type of fruit and vegetables they like. In this adult health instructional activity, students explain the benefits of eating healthy foods. They discuss recipe ideas that can be done at home.
Curated OER
Balancing Act
Pupils investigate the dramatic increase in world population and the unequal distribution of resources. They examine the six world regions and how they are affected by the increase in population.
Curated OER
Energy and the Environment
Fifth graders define terms associated with renewable and nonrenewable resources. They identify materials that are renewable and nonrewable. They categorize a list into the correct type of resource.
Curated OER
Water Issues on Puerto Rico and Oahu: A Comparison of Two Islands
Fifth graders explore how the tow islands receive and use fresh water. They also address some of the threats to the fresh water supply on each island. Students explore the lesson objectives through water cycle models and experiments.
Curated OER
We Need More Than Money
Students identify examples of private resources. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and identify the private resources the characters used in the text. Students name private resources that can help...