eLearning Category: 6th–8th Grade

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Heart Healthy Eating

Grades 6 – 8 Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how to make positive and informed heart-healthy food choices by conducting interviews and presenting their findings in a visual and written product. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Gather information and present in a visual presentation CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.7 Compare and contrast a text […]

Battling Food Insecurity in Your Community

Grades 6 – 8 Learning + Food Objectives: Students will work in groups to research food assistance programs in America and create presentations that highlight the impact of those programs on local communities. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Research and present information from multiple sources CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support […]

Food Journal

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how we can make positive and informed food choices by creating a food journal and writing an expository summary of their findings including how they could adjust their eating to include more whole foods. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Writing expository […]

Understanding Food Advocacy

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how we can advocate for food choices and changes that impact ourselves by researching a food issue and creating a social media post that creates awareness of the issue for peers. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Writing for a specific audience […]

Frijoles de la Olla

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors by discussing the factors that impact their food choices and then write and narrative about their family’s food history. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Narrative Writing of Real Events CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3 Write […]

Build Your Own Toast

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors by evaluating and utilizing various sources in order to select ingredients for a toast recipe. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Writing – Assess Text Credibility CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple […]

Food Advertisements

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors by creating a flyer to persuade others to make a more informed food choice. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Short Research Project using Food Advertisements CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to […]

Our School Garden

6th – 8th Grade  Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how food and the environment are interconnected while reading Our School Garden by Rick Swann by writing a page of a book explaining what a garden needs in order to produce plants for food. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Reading: Author’s […]

Nourishing with Nutrients

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn how food impacts health by researching the importance of a specific nutrient group and presenting to the class. Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Writing/Speaking and Listening – Research and Presentations CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6 – 8.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for […]

Growing Food in Soil

6th – 8th Grade Learning + Food Objectives: Students will learn about food sources and origins by writing an informational writing piece comparing and contrasting two different types of fruits or vegetables (or other food that grows on land). Common Core Standards: Common Core English Language Arts Comparing and contrasting informational text and scientific ideas. […]

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