Middle School Nutrition & Health, Grades 6-8

Give your middle schoolers the science behind the choices they make every day with this 80-page health pack for grades 6 to 8. Instead of rules and lectures, students work like investigators: they compare practice food labels, work out what a snack bar really contains, and learn why the numbers on a box matter more than the words on the front. The pack starts with the three big nutrients — carbohydrates, protein, and fat — and what each one actually does in a growing body, then moves to vitamins and minerals, with a close look at iron and calcium in the teen years. From there students learn to read a serving size, a percent daily value, and an ingredient list, and they put that skill to work on added sugar, sodium, and saturated fat. Balanced plates, school lunch trays, snack ratings, hydration, portion sizes, and food safety build everyday judgment, while meal planning, a money challenge, and a look at food advertising teach students to spot a sales pitch. The second half turns to the rest of health: exercise types, how the heart works, finding a pulse, weekly movement plans, sleep, screen time, stress, and who to talk to when things feel too big. Puzzles, a word search, a crossword, energy math with the 4-4-9 rule, mixed review, a week-long tracker, two case studies, and three ten-question quizzes keep the practice varied. Every student page has a name and date line, and 24 pages of teacher-only answer keys cover the whole pack, including exact positions for every word-search word and crossword answer. A certificate on the last page celebrates finished work. Print and go — no preparation needed.