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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
How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
Insects in the Garden
The Foods We Eat
Fruit Patterns
Summer Herbs to Identify
More Popular Food Printables

Printables for Grades 6-8

Rev Up Your Veggies: A Physical Science Activity
The Popcorn Plant
Rain Forest Foods and Spices
Health & Nutrition Printable Book (Grades 4-9)
Functions and Structure of the Cardiovascular System
What Are Seeds and Fruits?
What Is a Balanced Diet?
More Popular Food Printables

Printables for Grades 9-12

Gummy Bear Genetics
The Omnivore's Dilemma Teacher's Guide
Why Are Vitamins Important?
Chew on This Teacher's Guide
Un menú del restaurante "Buen Provecho"
Activity: Bacteria and Food Poisoning
Activity: Researching Plant Foods
More Food Printables

Lesson Plans

Salt or Sugar: Which Dissolves Faster in Different Liquids?
The Life of Milton Hershey
Class Garden
Which Foods Do Molds Love Best?
Making Eggs That Bounce
Plant Eaters and Meat Eaters
Math with Candies PowerPoint Presentation
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
Warm Cranberry Wassail
Bacteria That Cause Food-borne Illness
Cranberry Chutney
Ideas for Healthy Lunches and Snacks
Cranberry Lemon Oat Scones
Fruity Maple Glazed Ham
More Food References

Educational Technology Resources

Math and Recipes
Fast-Food Fact Finding
Our Favorite Cookies PowerPoint Presentation
Create a Column Chart with Excel
More Educational Technology Resources

Food & Art Connected

Name Those Fruits and Vegetables
The Edible Model
Design Your Dream Ice Cream Cone
Math and Recipes Worksheet
Make a Dried Bouquet
Guidelines for Preparing and Presenting an Edible Model
Voting for the Edible Model of the Year
More Food Activities for Art Class

Holiday Recipes

Increasing Recipe Worksheets- Answer Key
Easy Recipes for Yummy Lunches
Curious George Banana Bread Recipe
The Bake Shop Ghost Teacher's Guide
Wining and Dining in Ancient Greece
Randy's Rice Pudding
Chocolate Milk Shakes
More Popular Holiday Recipes

Mathematics & Food Connected

Gummy Worm Measurements
Math in Science: Favorite Fruits
Our Favorite Cookies: Student Planning Page
Math with Candies: Student Planning Page
Favorite Fruits Picture Graph
Sharing Food Equally
Multiplying and Dividing Peas in a Pod
More Food Activities for Math Class

History & Food Connected

American History Reading Warm-Up: The Invention of Coca-Cola
A Medieval Feast
Dried-Pepper Hangings Instruction Sheet
Reading Warm-Up 45 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
Reading Warm-Up 47 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
Reading Warm-Up 48 for Gr. 1 & 2: American History
Reading Warm-Up 78 for Gr. 5 & 6: Current Events
More Food Resources for History Class

Science & Food Connected

Fred's Fruits and Vegetables
Dinosaur Hunters
Plant Products
Farm Theme
What Foods Attract Ants?
Bug Buffet
What Are Nutrients?
More Popular Food Activities for Science Class

Language Arts & Food Connected

Favorite Foods
KWL Chart - Grouping Objects
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid & Super-Galactic Jawbreaker Teacher's Guide
How to Eat Fried Worms Word Find
Table Manners
Reading Warm-Up 67 for Gr. 1 & 2: Health and Wellness
Science Key Term Review: Digestion and Nutrition
More Popular Food Resources for Language Arts

Literature Resources for Food & Nutrition

Close to Famous Discussion Guide
Twinkie, Deconstructed Teacher's Guide
All-of-a-Kind Family Worksheet
First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew Reader's Guide
Good Enough to Eat Activity Guide
Q&A with Sam Stern on Cooking Up a Storm
Using The Omnivore's Dilemma in the Classroom
More Literature Resources for Food & Nutrition

Social Studies & Food Connected

Fair Trade
Hunger and Malnutrition
Medieval Food and Drink
Table Manners Scoring Rubric
Apple Pie a la Zing
Jewish Knish Recipe
Indian Pudding
More Popular Food Resources for Social Studies

Food Resources for Health & Nutrition

Planning a Fitness Schedule
Food From Plants and Animals
Larger-Than-Life Lara Discussion Guide
Why Are Minerals Important?
Health & Nutrition Printables Slideshow
Eating with Chopsticks
Foods from Ghana, West Africa
More Popular Food Resources for Health & Nutrition

Highlights

End-of-the-Year Resources
The end of the school year is quickly approaching! Celebrate with fun activities, then prepare yourself and your students with report card advice, summer reading guides, summer math, and more.

Common Core Lessons & Resources
Is your school district adopting the Common Core? Work these new standards into your curriculum with our reading, writing, speaking, social studies, and math lessons and activities. Each piece of content incorporates the Common Core State Standards into the activity or lesson.

Top 10 Galleries
Explore our most popular Top 10 galleries, from Top 10 Behavior Management Tips for the Classroom and Top 10 Classroom Organization Tips from Veteran Teachers to Top 10 Free (& Cheap) Rewards for Students and Top 10 Things Every Teacher Needs in the Classroom. We'll help you get organized and prepared for every classroom situation, holiday, and more! Check out all of our galleries today.

June Calendar of Events
June is full of holidays and events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: Summer Begins (6/21), Helen Keller's Birthday (6/27/1880), World War I Began (6/28/1914), and Meteor Day (6/30). Plus, celebrate Child Vision Awareness Month, National Rivers Month, and National Safety Month all June long!

Causes We Support: We Give Books
Visit We Give Books, an ever-growing, free online library of children's picture books! For every book read on the site, a brand-new book will be donated to a children's literacy campaign of your choosing. Read aloud to students or encourage them read independently, and you'll teach them to help others at the same time. Giving is as simple as reading!

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