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Child Nutrition Unit

For Teachers 7th - 10th
How much fun can you have teaching adolescents about nutrition? Try taking them to work with preschoolers for an hour! This 4-day mini-unit about the importance of nutrition early in life culminates with a field trip. It was written for...
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Tastes Great-- Is It Good for You?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students use the food guide pyramid established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to evaluate the nutritional value of their favorite foods.
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Today is Monday Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice the days of the week. In this week lesson, students listen to the story "Today is Monday" and discuss what food matches with each day of the week. The students put food cards out to match the story and draw these on a...
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Fruit / Vegetable Jigsaw

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create multimedia projects regarding fruits and vegetables. In this research skills lesson, students use electronic sources to gather information regarding characteristics of several fruits and vegetables. Students then use...
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Good Foods to Have on Hand

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students consider the type of foods that should stock a pantry. In this nutrition instructional activity, students complete worksheet activities regarding stocking the pantry and preparing one-dish meals.
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Do You Have Any....?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL food question and answer worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that show different foods. Students fill in the blanks in each question with the name of the food pictured.
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Agriculture Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students find the words that are related to the finding of terms and information about agriculture for ten questions. The answers are on page 3.
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Jewish Culture Through Food Recipes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars engage in studying Jewish culture through the experience of tasting and eating different foods. They answer key questions that are used to guide the lesson. The foods of Americans is contrasted with the Jewish foods.
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Jewish Diversity: Travels of Jewish Foods and Jewish Families

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are introduced to Jewish history thorugh food and various ingredients. As a class, they read a passage from the Bible about the exodus from Egypt and answer discussion questions. They make traditional Jewish meals with their...
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Explorit's Tasty Food Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this foods learning exercise, learners complete a five question multiple choice online interactive learning exercise about foods that we eat.
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The Food I Eat

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food instructional activity, students complete a word search containing food words. Students use pictures surrounding the word search as clues.
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Family Life Cycle - Children's Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review how their nutritional needs change over time. In groups, they design their own menu in which they get all the nutrients they need. To end the lesson, they share their foods with the class and complete a wordsearch...
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How History Changed the Way We Eat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a activity that is concerned with the history of the food pyramid and how it evolved and changed into its modern state. After being presented with the information they conduct classroom discussions about the...
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Healthy Snacks

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine teen attitudes towards snack food merchandising in schools and what contributes to successful food merchandising. The context for the lesson plan is found in the research conducted from the Health Canada Website.
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Chuukese Dinner (high School)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read journal entries about having dinner with a Chuukese family. Using this information, they identify which foods sound appealing and compare and contrast Micronesian and American foods, fruits and vegetables. In...
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There Are Algae in Your House!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students complete a worksheet at home stating what types of food they have at home with algae in it. They, in groups, compare with each other what they have on their worksheet.
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Food Time Line

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make a timeline to include the immigrants of 1880-1910. Then, in groups, they research foods consumed, purchase, and serve it to the class.