Munching on Mixtures

Grasshopper nymphs

	Grade Level:	Second
	Health Topic:	Nutrition
	Subjects:	Health, Science, Language Arts, Nutrition, Language Arts

Time of year: Spring, Fall

Overall Objective: The students will predict, observe, and record what grasshoppers eat to demonstrate an understanding that grasshoppers and people have nutritional requirements to grow and maintain good health. Students will learn a balanced diet includes different foods from the five food groups and is important for a healthy body.

Set-up
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Lesson Plan
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Set-up Includes teacher preparation and the materials needed for the lessons. Also, has links to pertinent activity sheets.		Lesson Plan Outlines and suggests how to carry out the lessons with relevant links to activity sheets.
Additions Offers extended options for the lessons, important definitions, links to activity sheets, and a bibliography.		Table of Contents Return to the table of contents for all lesson plans.