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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plant Growth

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate how seeds are moved and how plants grow.  In this plant growth lesson plan, 1st graders listen to stories, play a game, and view a PowerPoint about plant growth. Students examine various seeds and recognize...
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Nutrition Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
The CDC offers a wealth of information regarding several specific topics that fall under nutrition including good health, exercise, diet and more.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data Portal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access and explore large datasets from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2003). Working with large datasets that emphasize exploration, finding patterns, and modeling is an essential first step in becoming...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 6.2 Protist Nutrition

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how different protists get their nutrition.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 5.3 Bacteria Nutrition

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different types of bacteria and the ways they get nutrition.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Nutrition and Personal Fitness

For Students 9th - 10th
The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of diet and nutrition. The questions evaluate students on nutrition and their personal fitness.
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Website
Other

Nutrition, Health & Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about nutrition, health, and heart disease. It also discusses specific types of vitamin and mineral supplements you can take to improve or maintain your health.
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Article
Other

Cspi: Bill Would Put Nutrition Info on Restaurant Menus

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing full text of the Menu Education and Labeling bill from 2003, this website summarizes the key points of the bill and gives reasons why nutritional information needs to be available at restaurants. This bill has...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nutrition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart about nutrition contains a food sort, United Streaming video, and web link to a nutrition game.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nutrition Apple Trivia

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart addresses the benefits of fruit in nutrition and wellness, emphasizing the benefits of the colors of the rainbow. The flipchart also provides trivia questions on all kinds of varieties of...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Celebrate National Nutrition Month!

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text listing some simple things people can do to help them stay healthy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Other

Austin Nutritional Research: Reference Guide for Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a reference guide to various minerals found in your daily diet. The site offers an overview of each mineral, explains the importance of each, and identifies the deficiency symptoms. Links to related information are...
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PPT
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nutrition Facts Labels

For Teachers 1st - 6th
This lesson focuses on how to read nutrition and ingredient labels. A quiz is provided at the end of the slideshow.
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Handout
American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Diabetes and Nutrition

For Students 9th - 10th
In question / answer format, this article is a simple guide to the diabetic diet. Here, read an "exchange list" that will help a person "plan healthy meals and snacks." This is a good site to get an overview of information on the subject.
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Handout
Other

Guinea Pigs Online: Piggie Nutrition

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find helpful information and pointers on guinea pig nutrition.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: Uncle Sam and the American Diet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will closely examine two food nutrition guideline posters from the USDA to determine the government's purpose in creating such guidelines and how they have changed over time. Students will also question how...
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Website
Other

U.s. News: Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Health articles on diseases, medications, hospitals, diet and nutrition, and aging are updated daily from U.S. News & World Report.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In today's fast food world, it can be hard to make healthy eating choices. In this lesson, learners will learn how they can incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily routines. They will use menus from local restaurant chains and...
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Handout
Other

Doctor Yourself: What's the Difference Between Natural and Synthetic Vitamins?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the non-nutritional ingredients in vitamins and explains the differences between natural and synthetic vitamins. The examples of vitamins C and D are looked at in more detail.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Organism

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining what organisms are, their cellular foundation, and how they get their energy and nutrition. (Published: May 26, 2010)
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Nutrients in an Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An overload of nutrients, called eutrophication (Greek for "good-nutrition"), can be harmful to estuaries. This phenomenon is also referred to as "over-enrichment," or "nutrient pollution". Students will investigate the range of...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nutrition and Wellness: Fruit [Apples]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart introduction to the food group fruit, with a focus on apples.
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Article
Other

Whole Grains Council: Whole Grains 101

For Students 9th - 10th
Whole grains are an important part of your diet. This article discusses the advantages of whole grains, how you can incorporate them into your meals, and there are even some recipes to try.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Nutrients in Food

For Students 4th - 7th
Discusses food, why we need it, and the types of nutrients that food for humans must have.