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You can practice and study with this worksheet

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Animal Classification for Children: Classifying Vertebrates and Invertebrates for Kids - FreeSchool

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healthy eating: balanced plate

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Food groups can help you solve the puzzle of healthy eating.

Choose My Plate is built around the food groups. You will need to choose foods from all of the food groups to help your body learn, play, and grow strong and healthy.
Can you build the plate by dragging the food groups into the right spot?

You did it!

Click or Tap each food group to learn more.

Grains like bread, cereal and pasta help turn the foods we eat into energy in our bodies.

Dairy foods, like milk, yogurt and cheese helps build strong bones and teeth.

Fruits help our bodies heal.

Protein foods like meat, beans and nuts help build strong muscles.

Vegetables help us have healthy skin and eyes.

Do you know how much to eat from each food group every day?
Click the "Next" button and learn more about healthy eating.

You Did It!

You matched the foods into the right group and figured out how much you need every day.

Eating balanced meals, one food from each food group, will help you learn, play, and grow healthy and strong.

Click the "Next" button to learn more about physical activity.

Be Active Every Day!

Drag the activity pictures into the clock until you fill the clock with the amount of activity you need every day.

This is fun but not active, pick another one.

You Did It!

You reached 60 minutes of physical activity you need every day!

Eating healthy foods from all of the food groups and doing 60 minutes of physical activity every day are healthy habits for you and your family!

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Choose My Plate is built around the food groups. You will need to choose foods from all of the food groups to help your body learn, play, and grow strong and healthy. Can you build the plate by dragging the food groups into the right spot?

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Science NetLinks | American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Learn about vertebrates and invertebrates.

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Learn about vertebrates and invertebrates.

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The Animal Kingdom: Vertebrates and Invertebrates

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Ramps: A Super, Simple Machine!  - #sciencegoals

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Energy | The Dr. Binocs Show | Educational Videos For Kids

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Renewable Energy Explained in 2 1/2 Minutes

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Changes of State | Matter |  Physics | FuseSchool

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States of Matter | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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Your brain is the boss of your body and runs the whole show. Watch this movie for kids and find out more!

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Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids, a service oriented not-for-profit organization, was created to improve the lives of children and their families by encouraging nutrition, education and healthy living. Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids serves children throughout the state of Georgia.

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Prepositions for ESL primary students: Move!

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Balanced Diet | #aumsum #kids #science #education #children

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THE FOOD PYRAMID | Educational Video for Kids.

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Click here to play: Kevin's Build-a-Meal Game

Travel with Kevin from the kitchen, school cafeteria and grocery store as he races the clock to build the perfect meal. Good luck!

Game Instructions

Just click on the picture to start the game. Use your mouse to pick your age, picture of boy or girl and the picture that best describes how active you are. You will be given an empty calorie bar with a goal number of calories, and an empty plate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You will also have a backpack for two snack times. Your goal is to build one full day of meals and 2 snacks that meet your required number of food groups and calorie amount. Click on the meal you want to put food on and use your mouse to open open cabinets and the refrigerator and select food items. You will see the color boxes begin to fill up depending on the foods your choose. You will also see your calorie bar begin to fill up. The orange boxes represent the grains group, the green boxes represent the vegetable group, the red boxes represent the fruit group, the blue boxes represent the milk group and the purple box represents the protein group. Click on the green arrow on the right bottom of the screen to go back to your meal page and click on the green box at the top when you ready to show the meal you have created. If you need help, just click on the help button in the upper left hand corner.

System Requirements

A high-speed Internet connection is recommended. You will need the latest Flash Player installed. You can download it for free from Adobe http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

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Build a Meal Game for Kids- Have Fun Creating Balanced Meals Virtual Food Game, Choose Healthy Foods for Meals and Snacks

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Travel with Kevin from the kitchen, school cafeteria and grocery store as he races the clock to build the perfect meal. Good luck!