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In this activity about food safety and nutrition, learners investigate safe food preparation by making fruit ice cream.

In this nutrition activity, learners explore food labels and consider the nutritional value of foods. Learners also explore units of measurement commonly used on food labels.

In this exercise and nutrition activity, learners will explore how food is the fuel that powers them. They will create a chart to figure out how many calories they burn during recess.

In this activity, learners play a game to simulate the food chain.

In this nutrition/food science activity, learners conduct an experiment and record data to compare the amount of fat in different foods.

In this food science activity, learners observe different plant-originated foods.

In this activity, learners dissect a piece of pizza to learn about nutrients important for health.

In this activity, learners investigate feeding relationships. Learners complete a food web and then make a mobile to represent a food chain.

In this activity (page 32 of PDF), learners investigate the nutritional needs of healthy bones and muscles.

In this activity about the relationship between food and energy (page 5 of PDF), learners conduct an experiment to compare how much energy is released as heat from two different foods.

In this activity, learners play an active version of freeze tag based on predator/prey relationships.

In this outdoor activity, learners find out the color of food that jays prefer and then try to change the birds' preference by altering the taste of the food with salt.

In this nutrition and estimation activity (page 12 of PDF), learners estimate serving sizes of different foods and compare their estimates to serving size information provided on nutrition food labels

In this outdoor activity, learners design devices that will catch prey or gather plants.

In this activity, learners follow simple historical maritime recipes to cook up hardtack and swanky, and then compare the foods they eat to what was served on ships in the past.

In this activity, learners test the rate of ripening fruit and vegetables and use a chemical to inhibit the ripening process.

In this investigation, learners gather information on various food items during a field trip to a local grocery store.

In this activity, learners explore healthy choices related to the foods they eat. The importance of a variety of fruits and vegetables to a healthy diet is the focus of the experience.

In this activity, learners are introduced to division and fractions as they share snacks with a group of friends.

In this food science activity, learners explore digestion and proteins by observing the action of meat tenderizer on luncheon meat.