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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Milk and Milk Products: Skills Supplement

For Teachers All
Explain the coagulation and coalescence processes associated with milk protein and cheese. List the components of milk and explain how each component is dispersed in the milk. Describe what happens when milk protein is coagulated Discuss...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Healthy Food is Good Food!

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine the difference between whole foods and junk foods. In this food lesson, students learn the definitions of whole food and junk food. They find the difference in tastes and textures of different foods by performing taste...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fable of Franny And Her Fabulous Fainting Goat

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Mix the art of reading comprehension with the skill of telling time. Children in grades two and three will discuss the importance of goats throughout history based on the provided background information. They'll create cute goat clocks...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Quicker the Better? Food Processing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders evaluate the nutrition of various foods. In this healthy eating lesson, 6th graders discuss the processing of many common foods and what this means. Students identify and research unfamiliar ingredients in processed foods...
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Curated OER

The Optimization of Food

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discuss nutrition and how to make better choices with food. In this algebra and nutrition lesson, students discuss the way the body process food and the importance of nutrition for our cells. They discuss calories, fats and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food and the Digestive System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the digestive system. In this human biology lesson, students read an article about the digestive system and go onto a suggested website to review what they have learned. Students are asked questions as an assessment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Human Organism

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify their feelings and learn constructive ways of handling conflict. For this human mental health lesson, students identify their feelings, learn how to tell others about their feelings, and learn how to resolve conflict....
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Curated OER

Eat Your Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor.  In this investigative lesson students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils. 
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Curated OER

Mmmmm, I'm Good! But Am I Good For You?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore the nutritional value of the potato, its role in the food pyramid, and how it can be a part of a balanced diet. In this potato nutrition lesson, students read about the nutritional value of potatoes. Young scholars...
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Curated OER

Food Labels in the Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars read all information given on packaging; write down complete ingredients and grams of protein, carbohydrates and fat per serving. They compare the information with current health references and write a business letter to a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oregon Trail Cooking

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare differences between cooked and fresh greens. They realize how simplicity of recipe makes for easy travel on the Oregon Trail.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science All Around You

For Teachers K - 8th
Students visit and explore a Hands On Science Center (HOSC). They participate in a variety of self-guided table exercises and observe as scientists demonstrate various scientific principles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nutrition 1: Food and the Digestive System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to how the digestive system works in their body. In groups, they discover they need energy and water to live a healthy life. They discover how the body repairs itself and how it grows. They also examine how...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

THE FABLE OF THE FAINTING GOATS

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice telling time while reading a story about a fainting goat. They write their own story about a fainting goat. Students write letters to the International Fainting Goat Association, asking for more information about...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Other Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this aqueous equilbria worksheet, learners write the solubility product expressions for the given salts. Students determine what affects the solubility of salts. Learners calculate the pH of a buffer solution. This worksheet has 14...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Commas-Exercise 4

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comma worksheet, learners read sentences, add commas if needed, or put an X boxes within the sentence if they believe no comma is necessary.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fable of the Fainting Goat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars read a story. In this telling time lesson, students complete a worksheet where they must practice their knowledge of telling time. Young scholars read a fable and answer time questions as they read.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Subject-Verb Agreement

For Students 5th - 6th
In these subject and verb agreement worksheets, students read the sentence and use the present tense of the verb forms to complete each sentence. Students practice subject/verb agreement with the activity.
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Handout
Other

International Health News Database: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, there are several summaries of medical studies and clinical trials on vitamin B12 and its role in preventing and treating various health conditions. Read about vitamin B12's role in fighting such conditions as...
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing information on the functions and food sources of vitamin B12, this website includes a chart of usage and dosage.
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Handout
US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Vitamin C

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing general information on vitamin C and its role in maintaining health, this article includes illustrated charts on the sources and benefits of vitamin C and the effects of vitamin C deficiency.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Fat a Concentrated Energy Source

For Students 9th - 10th
Through these lesson plans, students explore and discuss the role of dietary fat as an important energy source. In addition to providing detailed instructions for teachers, this website includes all the handouts and charts needed to...
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mag Nificent Breakfast Cereal

For Students 3rd - 5th
You will devise a way of testing foods for supplemental iron additives in this experiment provided by Science Buddies. Then you will use your design to test different breakfast cereals to see how much iron they contain. The goal is to...