Learners explore the new My Pyramid five healthy food groups and their benefits. They become familiar with the five healthy food groups and the colors that represent each food group in the new My Pyramid.

Learners work together to develop logical arguments about pyramids and chain letters. They share their ideas with other groups and create a diagram showing the breakdown. They discuss the results.

Young scholars construct the Metric Pyramid from the handout. They use the Metric Pyramid to convert from standard to metric measure and vice versa. They compute their own Body Mass Index.

Students explain the significance of population trends on world regions. They define relevant population vocabulary and examine age-gender patterns at various scales.

Students discuss importance of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables for a healthy lifestyle, and identify bananas as an excellent source of energy.

Students identify the food group of various culturally diverse breakfast foods and discuss the importance of eating a healthy, well-balanced breakfast every morning. They then try different foods that begin with the letter A, B and C and...

King Tutankhamon, Queen Nefertiti, and many other names literally written in stone are featured in these slides about the culture of Ancient Egypt. Whether used as an introduction to a unit on Egypt, or as a tool to elaborate on the...

Students understand the information on food labels. In this food label lesson, students dissect food labels for health information. Students learn to calculate calories. Students complete an interactive quiz.

Young biologists trace the path of the sun's energy through marine ecosystems in the second part of this four-lesson series. Building on prior knowledge about producers, consumers, and decomposers students are introduced to the...

Elementary ecologists examine trophic relationships using a coral reef food pyramid as an example. They play a game applying math skills that ultimately demonstrate the important role of the ever-scary top predator, the shark. This is a...

What are the best foods to eat, and how much is too much? Kids discuss the importance of eating the right amount of each of the four food groups. They discuss the food pyramid and make meals by cutting and pasting foods from a magazine...

Young scholars discuss the food pyramid. They create healthy meals using the food pyramid.

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...

Third graders explore the components of a balanced diet and practice making healthy diet choices. They discuss health-enhancing choices. Students investigate the food pyramid and how to use it to make educated menu decisions. They...

Students use their previous knowledge of the Pyramid Lake War to help them analyze different primary sources of Fort Churchill. In this source analysis lesson, students work in groups to study 4 different primary sources for Fort...

Calculate the volume of 3D shapes by having your students use provided formulas to measure the volume of cylinders, square pyramids, and rectangular prisms. Using a lecture format, with demonstrations, you will walk your class through...

Young scholars investigate nutrition guidelines and recommendations to present what the information to their class. Based on their assessment of current habits, they determine which areas they would like to improve to reach goals for...

Students recognize that our bodies cannot function without certain essential foods. In this hunger and malnutrition instructional activity, students become familiar with the problems associated with malnutrition such as medical problems,...

Pizza is the inspiration for the cross-curricular lesson detailed here. Start out with a poem about pizza and move into a discussion about balanced eating. To close the language arts portion of the lesson, ask your pupils to write...

Students consider the USDA daily recommendations to create a "feed" product for middle schoolers. In this Health lesson, students learn about the ingredients in feed that is fed to livestock and apply the method to creating feed rations...

In this food chain learning exercise, students review terms associated with food chains and food webs. Students also recall the water cycle.

Learners work in small groups as they are assigned one of the food groups. They decide how to act out one of the foods included in that group. Next, they discuss their favorite foods and where they fit on the food pyramid and examine the...

Students list the recommended dietary guidelines and explain their function and implementation. They teat their knowledge of the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid. They evaluate the servings, serving sizes, and food sources...

In this language arts worksheet, pupils build a word pyramid by following the detailed directions on the page Students use the indicated part of speech, number of letters and initial sound to construct the word. Example: A 4 letter...