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Genetically Modified Foods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain what genetically modified foods are and how they are created. Students use appropriate vocabulary to describe and effectively discuss the benefits of, and potential risks of, genetically modified foods.
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Farm Animals And Food They Eat

For Teachers K
Students identify farm animals by the sounds they make and draw the animal and type of food they eat. In this farm animals lesson plan, students read the book Barnyard Song and view baggies of animal food.
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Eco-labels - Sustainable Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars analyze labels on fish at a local store. In this food label lesson plan, students determine how to read the labels to identify what is in their food focusing on fish. They visit a local grocer, look at food labels and...
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Colorimetric Determination of the Concentration of Blue Food Coloring in Sport Drinks

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine the amount of blue food coloring in sports drinks and plot the concentration and absorbance data. They summarize the data and determine why companies need to know the amount of chemicals in their products.
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Build a Burger

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe a balanced diet. In this nutrition and health lesson, 2nd graders use a hamburger to exemplify the different food groups necessary for a blanaced diet. Students use the food pyramid as a resource.
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English Exercises: The Food and the Kitchen

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students watch a YouTube video about foods and then respond to 24 fill in the blank questions that require them to use food and kitchen vocabulary appropriately. Students then...
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Food and Nutrition Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review materials prior to taking a test that includes food preparation. After playing a version of Jeopardy as a review, they fill out lab planning sheets which detail what they plan to prepare, including ingredients and...
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Habitats

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the habitats of living things and the cycle of the food chain. For this scientific inquiry online lesson, students examine the habitats of plants and animals as well as the food chain as they sort pictures of living...
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Do You Have Any....?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL food question and answer activity, 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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Habitats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an online lesson to determine that different plants and animals are found in different habitats. They use food chains to show feeding relationships in a habitat, and see that nearly all food chains start with a...
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Favorite Foods at Thanksgiving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study different types of graphs as a means of displaying information. They survey others to find their favorite Thanksgiving food and then graph the results using different types of graphs.
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Identifying Trophic Levels Through the Dissection of Owl Pellets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover a part of the natural food chain through the dissection of owl pellets. They compare, identify, and record rodent skeletal parts they find in the pellet to skeletal diagrams and try to reconstruct a skeleton from the...
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Why are People Hungry and Malnourished?: Ethics, Food, Global Cultures, Malnutrition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the food system that feeds people and to identify the three Pillars of Food Security.
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Food Chain Poster Instructions

For Students 1st - 5th
In this food chain worksheet, students follow a set of 9 steps to create a food chain poster. Page has no additional activities.
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Food Poisoning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners study the bacteria that cause food poisoning using a written resource. They complete a research worksheet entitled, "America's Most Wanted." Next, they create a short skit about the causes, symptoms, prevention, and other...
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The Balance of Good Health and the Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the importance of good health and the food pyramid. They examine food labels and the importance of healthy food choices. Students investigate food additives.
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Food For the Tuckerbox

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Australian lunch box packing worksheet, students study healthy foods suitable to be in a "tuckerbox." Students do their own research about foods popular in Australia, and answer 10 questions. Online answers are available.
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Food: Discussion questions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this discussion about food worksheet, learners participate in an ask and answer session about food.
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Food Chain Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this food chain instructional activity, students circle organisms that complete food chains shown, 5 total. All chains begin with the sun and move through insects, plant life and animals.
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Food Shopping

For Students K - 1st
For this metric weights worksheet, students cut and paste a specified number of kilograms of food into a shopping basket. Students find items that will total the amount given.
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Testing Foods

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform an experiment using brown paper bags to determine which foods have oil in them. This task assesses student's abilities to make simple observations and inferences from them.
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An Ocean of Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Young biologists trace the path of the sun's energy through marine ecosystems in the second part of this four-instructional activity series. Building on prior knowledge about producers, consumers, and decomposers students are...
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Writing Comprehension: Food, Articles, Phrases

For Students 5th - 7th
Intended for very beginning Spanish speakers, this mini-assessment provides three short activities. First, quiz takers write the names of five fruits. Then, they input el, la, los, or las in 12 words (like animales, manos, and cama). To...
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A Billion Hungry People

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the inequality of food distribution.  In the hunger lesson, students discuss how some places and people do not get the food they need to survive. Students role play distributing pretend meals to people (of unequal...