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Resources for SNAP-Ed providers working in group settings.
Icebreakers  (PDF|20 KB)
Bendigo Senior Secondary Collage, Australia.
Format: Icebreaker
Target Audience: Staff, Adults, or Children
Description: Provides icebreaker activities suitable for classroom/education environment. Can be used with adults or children.
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Mixers and Icebreakers
Ohio State University Extension. Ohio 4-H Youth Development.
Format: Icebreaker
Target Audience: Staff, Adults, and Older Children
Description: Gives 28 icebreaker/mixer ideas and activities that can be used with adults of all ages and older children.
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Put the Big Rocks in First
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County.
Format: Icebreaker
Target Audience: Staff
Description: Activity opener about finding time to make healthy changes in one's life.
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Tools for Trainers: Icebreakers and Introductions
Reproductive Health Online (ReproLine).
Format: Icebreaker
Target Audience: Staff
Description: Activities to help the participants get to know each other at the beginning of a course.
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How Adults Learn  (PDF|12 KB)
Purdue University. Cooperative Extension. Family Nutrition Program.
Format: Training Tool
Target Audience: Staff
Description: Provides information on the physical, mental and social characteristics of adult learners.
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Giving a Demonstration  (PDF|24 KB)
Purdue University. Cooperative Extension. Family Nutrition Program.
Format: Training Tool
Target Audience: Staff
Description: Provides tips for teaching large and small groups.
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How to Prepare Fat Tubes  (PDF|27 KB)
Iowa State University. Cooperative Extension.
Format: Training Tool
Target Audience: Staff
Description: Contains step-by-step instructions for making your own fat test tubes.
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Tips for Teaching Older Adults  (PDF|35 KB)
Purdue University. Cooperative Extension. Family Nutrition Program.
Format: Training Tool
Target Audience: Staff
Description: Provides ten tips on how to provide nutrition education for older adults.
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Puzzlemaker
Discovery School.
Format: Tools
Target Audience: Staff
Description: A puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.
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Teampedia Tools for TeamsTeampedia
Format: Training Tools Target Audience: Staff Description: A collaborative encyclopedia of team building activities, icebreakers, teamwork resources, and tools for teams that anyone can edit.
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Last Modified: Sep 30, 2008  
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