Middle School through High School Education

Nutrition and Food Safety

Select from a list of activities and lessons designed for teaching nutrition and food safety to middle school and high school students

Activities

• Read The Label: For Health Educators and Community Outreach
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Simply Good Eating for English Language Learners
  University of Minnesota Extension.
• Healthy Cents
  University of Maryland Extension.
• Census at School: Food Preference Survey Lesson Plans and Activity
  HHS. U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Start Smart with Breakfast
  USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Lessons

• Science and Our Food Supply
  HHS. U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Teaching Nutrition for Middle Schools (pdf)
  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Hot Project: Healthy Outcomes for Teens
  University of Illinois Extension.
• Food Safety Lessons
  Iowa State University Extension.
• Food History Lessons
  The Food Timeline.
• Child Nutrition Sharing Site
  Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) and United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.
• Fueling My Healthy Life
  USDA Food and Nutrition Service