An incredibly thorough activity 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,...

Students analyze a graphic from an article and predict what the article might be about. After reading an article, they discover a journalist's experience of traveling across the United States to compare fast food restaurants. They...

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...

Looking for authentic hands-on nutritional experiments? High schoolers will perform experiments to test for the presence of vitamin C in several solutions as well as the effect of caffeine on Daphnia. They will also consider the...

An educational lesson focuses on the idea of conservation of matter through a demonstration of the water cycle, a discussion of digesting food, and the path of carbon and oxygen atoms as they change form. 

Fifth graders describe a wetland habitat and its components. They provide, in writing, at least one example of a wetland food chain, relate wetlands to ecological functions, and relate the importance of wetland functions to their own...

Students investigate the digestive system. In this human biology lesson, students read an article about the digestive system and go onto a suggested website to review what they have learned. Students are asked questions as an assessment.

Wow! Here is a most-impressive series of lessons and activities that revolve around the classic story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The purpose of the lessons are to provide an agricultural theme in the reading, writing, and science...

Oh nuts! Do macadamias or almonds produce more thermal energy? Energy enthusiasts find out with this experiment. The objective is to demonstrate to your class how the chemical energy contained in foods can be converted into useable...

Students locate 'animals' in various environments and draw conclusions about the survival value of structures the animals possess. They create model macaroni animals and hide them and other teams of students find them and evaluate the...

Students study the biodiversity of animal life in a pond. They investigate the interdependence between pond organisms by completing a pond dipping activity and completing a checklist.

Write short answers or fill in the blank to the following questions and statements. Use complete sentences when answering questions. Questions included are, but not limiterd to Why should raw and cooked foods be stored separately in the...

Students discuss the concept of hunger.  In this hunger instructional activity, students discuss the book, The Story of Stone Soup.  Student then brainstorm a possible service project ideas and create plans to carry out their...

Second graders work in groups to create a play showing how an orange becomes orange juice at the store. In this economics and goods production lesson, 2nd graders complete a webquest that guides them though discovering the process of...

Students 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 good...

Students explore the challenges astronauts face while eating in outer space. In small groups, they design and construct an original model device to assist astronauts eat in a microgravity environment.

Students explore the marine ecosystem and the importance of sharks. In this shark instructional activity, students look at photos of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and discuss the animals that live there. They discuss...

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

Students research about the process of composting. Students apply their research by creating a compost pile at school that will be maintained once or twice a month for the remainder of the school year.

In this fruits and vegetables worksheet, students use charts about food choices to solve problems, use logical thinking to complete a chart and find food names in a word scramble.

In this word puzzle activity, students put words about food that have been "chopped in half" back together again, writing the completed words at the bottom of the page.

In this Thanksgiving opinion bar graph worksheet, students record their favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving. There are no directions given but each student would be assigned a number to record their information next to.

Learners examine health issues that are associated with our fast food culture, and the advertising of it. They begin with a snack-food survey to assess their own eating habits. Pupils are encouraged to think critically throughout the...