Students study the importance of eating a colorful diet of fruits and vegetables. In this nutritional diet lesson, students complete multiple activities to learn about the nutritional value of colorful fruits and vegetables.

Second graders describe a balanced diet. In this nutrition and health instructional activity, 2nd graders use a hamburger to exemplify the different food groups necessary for a blanaced diet. Students use the food pyramid as a resource.

Fourth graders examine healthy food choices. In this health lesson plan, 4th graders create a lunch that includes one serving from each food group and create a poster about a food group. Students participate in a variety of games in...

Students examine pictures of different animals and decide if they eat meat and/or plants. They inspect models of pairs of upper and lower teeth and discuss which teeth are most useful for cutting grass and tearing meat.

Students design a balanced school menu or a healthy snack vending machine. Students create a colorful wall display. Students demonstrate about food groups on a spreadsheet. Students answer a survey on what foods to eat and why.

In this health worksheet, students are led through lessons to become familiar with the dietary recommendations of the government.

Young scholars brainstorm healthy food choices. In this health science lesson, students calculate how much of each food group they need daily. They plan a menu based on the "MyPyramid for Kids" food guide.

Students explore animal diets and teeth. For this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...

Students examine how tortillas fit into a healthy diet. They identify the parts of the food pyramid and decide where tortillas fit into it They also sample some tortillas with healthy ingredients.

In this menu planning worksheet, students use a large circular chart with 5 categories of foods to record one day's diet. There are no examples and the labels "food for growth" and "food for energy" may be confusing.

Students identify the components of a healthy diet. In this nutrition lesson, students discuss the parts of a cheeseburger and identify the food groups the cheeseburger is a part of. Students discuss how carbohydrates and proteins are...

Young scholars complete several activities to study healthy snacks. In this healthy diet instructional activity, students sing a song about healthy snacks. Young scholars then make a list of the healthy snacks in the song and vote for...

Students explore human health by reading agricultural books. In this dietary habit activity, students discuss the foods we eat everyday and read two books about our human diets. Students identify the uses our body has for food and...

Eager ecology learners read about characteristics of the Lake Erie water snake and the round goby fish. They find that the goby is an invasive species, introduced to Lake Erie in 1990, and has since had an impact on the water snake...

Use the classic density demonstration of placing a cola, a clear soda, and a diet soda into a tank of water. Then let learners attempt to pour some of the soda into layers in a clear container. The procedure explains a thermocline, and...

Students create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, students will create menus...

An incredibly thorough lesson on vitamins, and how to keep one's body at peak health. Learners access a variety of excellent worksheets embedded in the plan that have them consider raw vs. cooked foods, a vegetable nutrition summary,...

A video about the impact of climate change on butterfly populations and a PowerPoint about butterfly and bird adaptations warm science learners up for the activity to follow. Using a variety of tools that reprsent unique styles of bird...

Fifth graders discover how to make healthy choices in nutrition. In this nutrition lesson plan, 5th graders research the daily nutrition requirements recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Students keep a food diary for three...

Twelfth graders collaborate and analyze information about our hominid lineage. They discuss evidence researched by anthropologists. Students use spreadsheet data to compare means of locomotion, diet and brain size.

What do papayas, peanuts, pineapples, and potatoes have in common? Why, they are foods explorers brought back to the Old World. Young researchers use the Internet to investigate how New World explorers helped change the Old World's diet....

Students study heart disease and how to prevent it.  In this investigative activity students list heart disease and stroke risk factors. 

Students view the excerpt from NickNews entitled, "Winners and Losers." In groups, they categorize a variety of words and images relating to weight, healthy eating, and healthy lifestyle. They discuss adopting positive eating habits,...

Young scholars determine the nutritional values of fast foods. Then they make comparisons of their results and present their findings to the class. They compare the nutritional values of fast foods based on information provided on menus.