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 | Fruit and Vegetable Resources
Consuming a variety of fruits and vegetables daily is important to your health. Find resources such as recipes, food safety information, and links to produce boards and associations to help motivate your students and staff! |
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| A Meal of Endurance
Public Broadcasting Service.
Lesson plan for students grades 5-8 which tie into the nutritional requirements of the explorers of the Ernest Shakleton expedition. |
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| BAM! Body and Mind
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
BAM! uses kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features to appeal to 9-13 year olds. The site also serves as an aid to teachers. |
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| Body Walk Educational Exhibit for Grades K-5
Kansas State Department of Education.
35-foot by 40-foot walk-through exhibit representing the human body, with classroom activities for use prior to and following the students’ walk through the exhibit. |
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| Family Nutrition Nights
Louisiana Department of Education.
Instructional resource for educators seeking to hold Family Nutrition Nights for grades K-4 and 5-8. The lessons are designed to help students and their parents develop positive attitudes toward good nutritional practices, to establish lifelong healthful eating patterns, to take action for good health, and to provide accurate and current nutrition information. |
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 | Montana Team Nutrition: 2004 Training Grant
Montana Office of Public Instruction.
Includes materials for conducting Native American cooking classes, sample school survey and focus group questions, a brochure for parents, mini grant information, and more! |
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| Eat Smart, Play Hard in South Dakota
South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Service; South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs.
Written and designed to integrate nutritional concepts into the core curriculum for K-6. Each unit includes a parent-home connection with an informational letter to parents and homework assignments. |
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| Theme Internet Kits
Maine Department of Education. Maine Nutrition Network.
These Internet kits can be used in parts or you can use the entire kit to help promote healthy messages throughout your district. They have been designed to tie the classroom to the cafeteria to promote a healthy school environment. |
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| Destination Wellness: You're in the Driver's Seat
Maryland State Department of Education.
This nutrition education tookit for high school students is based on a principle of allowing students to take more responsibility for their actions, using a car analogy. |
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| Evaluated Nutrition Curriculum
Missouri Department of Health and Human Services.
These curricula are evidence-based or incorporate nutrition education best practices, and have been aligned with the knowledge and performance standards for Missouri. |
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| Learning Cafe (PDF|504 KB)
Louisiana Department of Education.
The cafeteria-related activities and ideas in this book were developed for the cafeteria manager to conduct alone or to team with a teacher to enhance concepts taught in class. |
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| Go Girl Go!
Women's Sports Foundation.
A curriculum-based educational program created for girls, coaches and parents to reinforce positive behaviors and educate girls about the dangers of inactivity and negative habits that affect health. Includes a campaign for 3rd-8th graders, and another campaign for high school students. |
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| HeartPower!
American Heart Association.
Science-based lesson ideas and activities that help make learning about heart-health easy and fun. Lesson Ideas may be sorted by curriculum, grade level, lifestyle message and type of material. |
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| Lewis and Clark Fitness Challenge
Montana Team Nutrition Program; Eat Right Montana Coalition.
Integrated program for fourth and fifth graders. The overall goal of this program is to motivate families and children to engage in regular physical activity. |
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| Pick a Better Snack TM and ACT Lessons
Iowa Department of Health
Lessons available for teachers to help students pick better snacks and participate in physical activity each day.Tops include but are not limited to including more fruits and vegetables, MyPyramid for Kids, and getting more physical activity. The lessons are available for grades kindergarten through fifth. |
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| Verb: It's What You Do
DHHS. CDC. Youth Media Campaign
This media campaign targets youth ages 9-13 and their parents by encouraging physical and pro-social activity. |
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| WIN Kids Lessons
Wellness in the Rockies (WIN).
WIN (Kids is a series of 13 lessons designed for classroom teachers and program educators in
community settings. The intended target is youth ages 10 to 13 or in the 5 and 6 grades. |
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| Zip 4 Tweens
Cattlemen's Beef Board; National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Circle 1 Network.
Includes nutrition information, games, and a MyPyramid Calculation Station. Intended for children 8 to 12 and their families. |
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