A Fall Feast
Name this orange gourd often served as a pie for Thanksgiving
What is pumpkin?
The name for the feeling of thankfulness that is central to Thanksgiving.
What is gratitude or thankfulness?
The amount of time, in minutes, that middle schoolers should aim for daily physical activity.
What is 60 minutes (or an hour)?
The opposite of stress, this state can be achieved by doing a quick breathing exercise.
What is calmness or relaxation?
A local place, often open on weekends, where farmers sell fresh produce directly to the community.
What is a Farmer's Market?
This healthy grain, often eaten warm, can be cooked on the stovetop and topped with apples and cinnamon.
What is oatmeal?W
This volunteer activity involves cleaning up a local park or planting trees to make the neighborhood better.
What is a community clean-up or volunteering?
A fun, competitive yard game often played outdoors with beanbags
What is cornhole (or ladder toss/horseshoes)?
Taking a few moments to appreciate the good things in your life is called practicing _.
What is gratitude?
This type of food is grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
What is organic?
The food group that includes turkey, beans, and nuts, which helps build and repair muscles.
What is protein?
This is the most common way germs spread, especially in cold and flu season, making handwashing so important.
What is touching your face (or nose/mouth/eyes) or sneezing/coughing?
This muscle group, located in your legs, gets a great workout when you walk a turkey trot or rake leaves.
What are your quadriceps (or leg muscles)?
True or False: Getting 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night is essential for good mental health and focus.
What is True?
This is the act of reading a food label to understand the sugar and sodium you are about to eat.
What is being an informed consumer (or checking the ingredients, knowing what you put into your body)?
True or False: Eating seasonally means choosing foods that are naturally ripe and available at that time of year.
What is True?
A non-profit organization that collects and distributes food to those who are struggling with hunger in the community.
What is a food bank or food pantry?
This is the most effective way to rehydrate yourself
What is drinking water?
"Giver's Glow" is a term for the happy feeling you get when you perform this kind act for someone else.
What is giving (or volunteering/helping)?
A food desert is an area where it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh __.
What is produce (or healthy food/groceries)?
Instead of sugary soda, this warm, spiced, and unfiltered apple beverage is a popular, healthier autumn drink.
What is apple cider?
Daily activity where you check in with a friend or family member to support their mental health.
What is a wellness check?
Fill-in-the-blank: When you walk or ride your bike instead of getting a ride, you are being kind to your body and the __.
What is the environment?
When you learn to bounce back from a tough situation, you are demonstrating this important life skill.
What is resilience?
The term for when a community grows its own food in shared spaces, like a garden maintained by many neighbors.
What is community gardening?