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LESSON PLANS AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES
fruits and veggies, more matters™ Kindergarten thru Grade 5 Teachers who want to highlight a particular fruit on a monthly basis for a learning opportunity may want to view the new CDC “fruits and veggies, more matters” website for ideas from the Fruit & Vegetable of the Month page.
Grades 3 – 5
Nutrition IQ Grades 7 – 8 This is a comprehensive unit in which middle school students are provided with the tools and fact-finding opportunities necessary to make wise food choices in their daily living. Students truly enjoy this unit as well as develop an understanding of how their food choices impact their body and overall health.
All Grade Levels The website was created by the National Coalition for Food-Safe Schools (NCFSS). The site serves as a one-stop gateway to a wealth of Internet-based school food safety information and resources. It provides information for children, parents, educators, school nurses, administrators, local health departments, and school food service staff.
Grades 6 – 8
Teachers will want to incorporate this
multi-lesson website into their classroom to teach kids about the
complex media world around them, and how it can affect their nutrition
and physical activity choices. There are 4 components to this learning
program: Media Awareness, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Media
Production. Watch the kids take what they know about how the media
works and put it into practice in their own media project.
Grades 4 – 12
This
website offers multiple resources for kids. The various state
cooperative extension services provide various lesson plans, projects,
and activities that support healthy nutrition and food science. Some of
the publications on this list are 4-H materials and are available
directly from the identified State Cooperative Extension Service.
Otherwise, contact your local, state, or university library to locate a
publication cited in the USDA bibliography. If your library cannot
locate a particular publication, they can contact the National
Agricultural Library.
Nutrition and Aging: Nutrition and Body Image Grades 7 – 12
On this website, students will have the
opportunity to understand how the early development of good eating
habits plays a role in decreasing the incidence of health problems as
they age. The website provides comprehensive instruction of nutritional
needs, body image, and long term
Grades 9 – 12 This website provides information to keep consumers up to date with “current events in food.” Interesting articles and news releases can serve as talking points for classes that cover food safety, food science and overall health.
yourSELF Middle School Education Kit Grades 7 - 8
This resource
is one of the first Federal information efforts on nutrition and
physical activity that speaks directly to adolescents. The kit contains
materials for health education, home economics, or family living
classes. The materials will help students learn to make smart choices
about eating and physical activity. The course conveys respect for
adolescents' power of choice and their increasing control over their own
health.
The Power of Choice: Helping Youth Make Healthy Eating and Fitness
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