What is a good Foods lesson plan ?

Question

I am bein observed by my principal on Tuesday. Need a good lesson. I teach food for life. I want to demonstrate how to make something interesting.

Answer 1

Do a rice, low calorie dish. If you use oil, use one of the low fat kind.

Answer 2

Depending on the grade level: (these are links to REAL lessons)

Grade 1 Food Production and Energy for Life


The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.

I
Recognize the basic needs of living things (e.g., food, water, sunlight, and air).

It's Alive...Or Is It?

Being Alive Lesson Plan








Grade 2 Food Production and Energy for Life
The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.

D
Compare how plants and animals satisfy their basic requirements for life.

Scinet: Plant Parts

Fossweb: plants

The Great Plant Escape
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song and Lyrics
Plant Parts Salad
Plants

How Do Plants Grow

Creating a Food Chain



Grade 3 Food Production and Energy for Life

The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.

D
Explain how animals depend on plants to meet their need for energy.

Lesson Plans: The Web of Life Weaving the Web

A
Identify the basic needs of plants and animals.

How Plants Grow: What do living things need to survive?

A
Recognize that animals obtain their food by eating plants or other animals.

Food Chains and Webs

Food Web Game

The Web of Life

I
Examine the major parts of plants and determine their functions.

The Great Plant EscapeParts of a Plant Activity
Scinet: Plant Parts
The Great Plant Escape
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song and Lyrics
Fossweb: plants
Plant Parts Salad
Plants
How Do Plants Grow
Edible Plants (74 Page Unit)
Root Factory Game
A
Recognize that plants use sunlight, water, and air for photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis

Lesson Science Made Simple: Why do Leaves Change Color




Grade 4 Food Production and Energy for Life
The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.



D
Explain that animals must obtain food and use food for energy.

Energy Challenge

Chain Reaction (Food Chain)

Food Web
Food Chains- Vocabulary
A
Compare how various animals obtain and use food for energy.

Food Web Game
Food Chains and Webs
Mysterious Everything
A
Match the edible parts of plants with particular plant structures.

Lesson: Edible Vegetable Mysteries

Edible Plant Parts

Root Factory Game

D
Compare how specific animals obtain oxygen (e.g., gills, lungs).

All Things Need Oxygen

A
Match the animal with their means of obtaining oxygen.

Respiratory System Matching Game




Grade 5 Food Production and Energy for Life



The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.

I
Describe how various plant structures are associated with food production (i.e., stems, leaves, and stomata).

Plants breathe, too!

How do plants make food? Lesson plan and activity
A
Match plant structures with their functions.

Webquest: The Plant Process

Four parts of a plant and its function- lesson plan
A
Identify photosynthesis as the food manufacturing process in plants.

Illuminating photosynthesis

A
Identify what plants need (i.e., water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide) to manufacture food.

Photosynthesis

What does a plant need in order to grow?





Grade 6 Food Production and Energy for Life

The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.

D
Classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers.

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

The Food Chain
Producer, Consumer, and Decomposer
Food Chains
Food Chains
A
Identify how organisms obtain food for energy.

Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
Food At Work
A
Classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers in a food chain or food web.

The Food Chain

Food Chains and Webs
Investigating Food Chains
D
Demonstrate interrelationships among organisms in a food chain or food web.

Lesson The Web of Life

A
Infer the consequences of a change in the population size of an organism in a food chain or food web.

Ecosystems and Human Influence



Grade 7 Food Production and Energy for Life


The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life.

D
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and respiration.

Quia Photosynthesis and Respiration

Photosynthesis
Comparison of Photosynthesis and Respiration
A
Determine what plants need to make food.

Making Food

Plants Puzzle
A
Identify photosynthesis as the food making process in plants.

Plants

Photosynthesis, Energy, and Life
Illuminative Photosynthesis Videos
A
Identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and respiration.

Cell Respiration Quiz
Photosynthesis Quiz
D
Relate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration to appropriate cellular organelles.

Cell Organelles
Cell Organelles Quiz
Plant Cell Organelles
A
Associate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration with appropriate cellular organelles.

Quia - Photosynthesis and Respiration
D
Diagram and explain how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between living things and their environment.

Gaseous Exchange
Gas Exchange in the Lungs
A
Select the structures that animals use to obtain oxygen.

Respiration
Why Animals Breathe
A
Classify animals according to their means of obtaining oxygen.

All Living Things Need Oxygen
A
Select the illustration that depicts the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living things and their environment.

Cellular Respiration
Carbon Cycle
Photosynthesis
A
Interpret a diagram depicting the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.

Carbon-dioxide Cycle
The Oxygen Carbon-Dioxide Cycle




Lesson Plans Food
Ecology Lesson Food Chain (Grades 4-5)
Endangered Food Chain Grades 4-5
Creating A Food Chain (Grades K-2)
Food Chain...What Goes Around comes Around Grades 3-5
Food Webs (Grades 3-5)
Explore Third Grade Food Chain (Grade 3)
Food Chain Web (Grades 3-4)
Food Chain Food Web (Grades 3-4)
Focus on Food Chains (Grades 3-4)
Food Guide Pyramid (Grade K-1)
Lesson Plans Plants

Parts of a Plant (Grades 2-5)
Designing Plants (Grades 1-2)
My Totally Tasty Plant (Grades 1-2)
Probing into Plant Parts (Grades 1-4)
See How They Grow: Plants and Their Parts (Grades K-2)
Plants Thematic Unit (Grades K-2)
Yummy Plant Parts (Grades 5+)




Topics Food
The Food Cycle
The Food Chain
Food Chains
Food Chains Topics
What is a Food Web?
Enchanted Learning's Food Web
Introduction to Photosynthesis, The Beginning of the Web
After Plants Grow, Who Eats Them?
After all is said and done, who cleans up the mess?
All Living Things Need Food
Who Eats What?
Kid Port Food Chain
What is a herbivore?
Food Chains and Webs
Food Web
The Role of the Predator
Food Chain Puzzle
Food Chain Game Freeware Download
Topics Plants

Parts of Plants Webquest
The Parts of the Plants We Eat
What Parts of Plants Have You Eaten Today? 1st Grade Webquest
Plant Crafts
Plant Sleuth WebQuest
Plants
The Different Parts of A Plant





Interactive Websites for Students
Food
The Food Cycle Song
Food Chain Quiz
Brain Pop Movie: Food Chain
Dole 5 A Day
Chain Reaction Quiz
A Food Chain
Food Chain Online Test
Fantastic Forest
What is the Primary Source?
The Virtual Body
Body Zone
Food Chain Puzzle
Brain Pop Movie: Body Weight
Systems of the Human Body Download the Presentation
Body Systems Download the Presentation
Interactive Websites for Students
Plants

Great Plant Escape
Meet the Plant Parts
Roots, Stems, and Leaves Song
Parts of Plants Song
Parts of Plants Song (Scroll down to song)
Plants and Parts of Plants (Scroll down to text)
Parts of Broccoli
Do You Know Your Leaves?
Parts of Plant PowerPoint Presentation
Brain Pop: Seed Plant Movie
Fun with Food Webs
Science Songs (Right-click and choose "Save Target" or "Save Link" to download a copy of the song)
Science Songs for Teaching (Right-click and choose "Save Target" or "Save Link" to download a copy of the song)




Worksheets: Food
Food Chain Graphic Organizer
Ecosystem Chart
Rain Forest Food Chain
If I was a food...
Make Your Own Food Chain
Magic Food Chain Puzzle
Worksheets: Plants

Growth and Changes in Plants Parts of Plants
The Parts of A Plant
Plants and Seeds Word Search
Plant Word Search
Parts of a Plant
Plant Vocabulary


Good Luck....