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Fun with fruits and vegetables

The activities will help the student identify, describe, and classify fruits and vegetables and learn how each grows.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)

By Suzie Overholt.

Healthy and unhealthy foods: What's the difference? (Part 1)

In I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science, page 6

In this lesson, students build scientific models to help them conceptualize the energy (calorie) to nutrient ratio provided by various types of carbohydrates, thereby discovering complex carbohydrates and lean protein as being the superior choices.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living, Information Skills, and Science)

By Karina Colón.

Healthy and unhealthy foods: What's the difference? (Part 2)

In I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science, page 7

In this lesson, students will participate in three investigations to discover food sources, as well as advantages and disadvantages of fats.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living and Science)

By Karina Colón.

How can I make sure I'm getting what I need?

In I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science, page 9

Through mathematics and technology integration, students will further understand what it means to have a balanced diet, as well as explore the causes and effects of healthy and unhealthy eating habits, and eating in moderation.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Computer/Technology Skills, Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)

By Karina Colón.

How do living things get energy from food?

In I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science, page 4

This lesson will teach students about calories as a measurement of the potential energy found in food and that everything their body does burns calories.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)

By Karina Colón.

I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science

In this unit, students will be involved in hands-on, inquiry activities that integrate various subject areas in order to learn and apply concepts of food chemistry and nutrition.

Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Nutrition and the media: Cereal box consumerism

This lesson will offer your students the opportunity to explore nutrition and how the media impacts our consumer decisions. Students will design a cereal box and read about how the use of color, slogans, and prizes impacts buyers. This lesson plan is easily adapted for exceptional children and can be expanded and/or adapted to suit your students' needs.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts, Healthful Living, and Mathematics)

By Gloria Simmons.

To eat or not to eat

After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will sort the foods the caterpillar ate by foods they need or don't need for their body.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Social Studies)

By Karlyn Sugg.

What is a balanced diet?

In I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science, page 8

Through mathematics and technology integration, students will understand what it means to have a balanced diet, as well as explore the causes and effects of healthy and unhealthy eating habits.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)

By Karina Colón.

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Combining foods

In this lesson, the fourth of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students explore addition and comparison subtraction by modeling and recording related addition and subtraction facts for a given number. The students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Eating patterns

In this lesson, the second of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students sort pictures of food and create patterns. They also analyze a partner's patterns and extend those patterns. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Pyramid power

In this lesson, the third of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students make sets of a given number, explore relationships between numbers, and write numbers that name how many elements are in a group. They make... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Sorting foods

In this lesson, the first of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students visit a website to play a game related to the food pyramid and sort foods using the categories of the food pyramid. They also create sets up... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Try for five

In this lesson, the fifth of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students explore the many ways to decompose numbers and then build on their knowledge of addition and subtraction to find missing addends. They also... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

What is the best chip?

In this investigation, students use data analysis to seek answers to the types of questions often posed by consumer agencies and people who work in sales and marketing. Illuminations provides an activity sheet, links to web resources that contain nutrition... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations