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Food Resources for Teachers

Food is a fun subject for students of all ages with these lesson plans and printables. Explore the many educational uses of food with your class during National Nutrition Month (March). You'll find plenty of cross-curricular resources, including edible art projects, songs about nutrition, and recipes from around the globe. Students will enjoy hands-on activities that use candy to learn about math and science. You'll also find worksheets on the human digestive system and healthy eating.

Printables for Grades K-5

Fruits and Vegetables List
Thought for Food: A Nutrition Lesson
Gummy Worm Measurements
Functions and Structure of the Cardiovascular System
How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
Insects in the Garden
First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew Reader's Guide
More Popular Food Printables

Printables for Grades 6-8

Food Web
Summer Herbs to Identify
What Is a Balanced Diet?
Food Groups
What Are Seeds and Fruits?
Mooncakes
The Popcorn Plant
More Popular Food Printables

Printables for Grades 9-12

Gummy Bear Genetics
The Omnivore's Dilemma Teacher's Guide
Health & Nutrition Printable Book (Grades 4-9)
Rain Forest Foods and Spices
Chew on This Teacher's Guide
Food Flight: Digestive Tracking
Activity: Bacteria and Food Poisoning
More Food Printables

Lesson Plans

Salt or Sugar: Which Dissolves Faster in Different Liquids?
Which Foods Do Molds Love Best?
The Life of Milton Hershey
Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters
Class Garden
Table Manners
What Foods Attract Ants?
More Popular Food Lesson Plans

Quizzes

Tips to Healthy Eating Quiz
Good-For-You Foods Quiz
Healthy Vegetables and Fruits Quiz
Juice Nutrition Quiz
More Food Quizzes

References

Cranberry Facts
Ideas for Healthy Lunches and Snacks
Food with History
You Are What You Eat
Good-for-Your-Body Foods
Columbus and Food
Juice Nutrition 101
More Food References

Educational Technology Resources

Math and Recipes
Math with Candies PowerPoint Presentation
Create a Column Chart with Excel
Table Manners Scoring Rubric
More Educational Technology Resources

Food & Art Connected

Math and Recipes Worksheet
Fruit Patterns
Name Those Fruits and Vegetables
Vegetable Printing
Math and Recipes Vocabulary
The Edible Model
Bob's Lunch Box
More Food Activities for Art Class

Holiday Recipes

Increasing Recipe Worksheets- Answer Key
Native American Recipes
Almond Cookie Recipe
Pumpkin Seed Snack
Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
Fresh Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry Sesame Honey Glazed Pork Roast
More Popular Holiday Recipes

Mathematics & Food Connected

Favorite Fruits Picture Graph
Sharing Food Equally
Food Prices
Pear Flash Cards
Our Favorite Cookies: Student Planning Page
What to Serve
The Cost of Lunch
More Food Activities for Math Class

History & Food Connected

Reading Warm-Up 43 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
Colonial New England Food & Cooking
Make a Dried Bouquet
Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet
Colonial New England Food & Cooking
Thanksgiving Menu: Then & Now
Indian Pudding
More Food Resources for History Class

Science & Food Connected

The Ants Have It!
Fred's Fruits and Vegetables
Making a Parabolic Hot Dog Cooker
Which Foods Contain Sugar?
Dinosaur Hunters
Bug Buffet
Farm Theme
More Popular Food Activities for Science Class

Language Arts & Food Connected

KWL Chart - Grouping Objects
Favorite Foods
Science and Writing: Food Poetry
How to Eat Fried Worms Word Find
How to Eat Fried Worms Test B
How to Eat Fried Worms Project Ideas
Chinese Food
More Popular Food Resources for Language Arts

Literature Resources for Food & Nutrition

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid & Super-Galactic Jawbreaker Teacher's Guide
The World of Rosemary Wells
All-of-a-Kind Family Worksheet
How to Eat Fried Worms Test C
How to Eat Fried Worms Answers
Activities for Food Rules!
Daily Journal Topics: Fabulous Food
More Literature Resources for Food & Nutrition

Social Studies & Food Connected

Fair Trade
Cranberry-Nut Bread
Gross Recipes for Halloween
Warm Cranberry Wassail
Apple Pie a la Zing
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Spice Cookies
More Popular Food Resources for Social Studies

Food Resources for Health & Nutrition

Planning a Fitness Schedule
My Favorite Exercise
Healthy Food Choices
Food From Plants and Animals
Food Patterns
Health & Nutrition Printables Slideshow
Why Are Vitamins Important?
More Popular Food Resources for Health & Nutrition

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Beloved children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, most known for his classic Where the Wild Things Are, passed away May 8, 2012. Commemorate this creative giant by reading Wild Things, Brundibar, Bumble-Ardy, or another one of his lovely books in your classroom.

May Calendar of Events
The month of May is full of holidays and events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each one, including Transportation Week (5/13-19), Memorial Day (5/28), and World No Tobacco Day (5/31). Plus, celebrate Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month, Physical Fitness & Sports Month, and Transportation Month all May long!

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