The links in this category include lesson plans and other classroom resources on nutrition for elementary students.
Lessons for Elementary
Link | Description |
|---|---|
| BAM! Body and Mind (Center for Disease and Control) | This site, designed for students, also offers some great ideas for classroom use! |
| Fruits and Vegetables Word Search | A word puzzle featuring a variety of fruits and vegetables and encouragement for students to try something new. |
| Harvard Kid’s Healthy Eating Plate | PDF downloads of Harvard's Kid's Healthy Eating Plate - a visual guide to help educate and encourage children to eat well and keep moving. |
| Health Works: Hidden Sugar Lesson Plans | Short lesson plans about hidden sugars and reading the food label for grades 3-5. |
| Healthy Kids Challenge – Balance My Day, Grades 3-5 | Thirty 20-minute, grades 3-5 lessons integrate core subjects like math, language arts and science. Nutrition education lessons meet Centers for Disease Control HECAT identified outcomes. |
| Healthy Kids Challenge – Balance My Day, Grades K-2 | Thirty 20-minute, grades K-2 lessons integrate core subjects like math, language arts and science. Nutrition education lessons meet Centers for Disease Control HECAT indentified outcomes. |
| Montessori Growing Gardeners Curriculum – Lower Elementary | Lower elementary lessons for classroom & garden. Guides educators and students on how to use school gardens once they have already been started. |
| Montessori Growing Gardeners Curriculum – Upper Elementary | Upper elementary lessons for classroom & garden. Guides educators and students on how to use school gardens once they have already been started. |
| MyPlate Coloring Sheet | A coloring sheet depicting recommended plate and dairy components. |
| Nature’s Partners Curriculum | A curriculum on pollinators, plants and food developed for students in grades 3 through 6. Each lesson is linked to a garden activity. |
| Nutrition Detectives | An innovative program for elementary school children. It shows them "5 clues" to read food labels and detect marketing deceptions while learning to identify and choose healthful foods. Available in English and Spanish. |
| Nutrition to Grow On – Healthy Eating & Nutrition Education | An innovative curriculum with nine lessons for grades 4-6 that offers teachers a direct link between the garden and nutrition education. Each lesson is linked to a garden activity. |
| Oakland Unified School District Nutrition Lessons: grades K-1, grades 2-5, and grades 6-12. | Introduction to MyPlate lessons for each grade level with activities and games under each section. |
| Serving up MyPlate: A Yummy Curriculum | A collection of classroom materials that help elementary school teachers integrate nutrition education into Math, Science, English Language Arts, and Health |
| Teaching Gardens | Aimed at first through fifth graders, the American Heart Association Teaching Garden curriculum teaches children how to plant seeds, nurture growing plants, harvest produce, and ultimately understand the value of good eating habits. |
| Teaching Gardens' Curriculum for Elementary Students | Fun, educational, hands-on investigations of nutritious fruits and vegetables in and out of the garden included in the Teaching Gardens curriculum. |
| Team Nutrition Cooks | A series of cooking-based nutrition activities for out-of-school and after-school programs for children ages 8-12 years old. |
| The Farmer Grows a Rainbow | This site provides teachers with classroom-ready resources to improve nutrition education among Pre-K-5 students. |
| The Farmer Grows a Rainbow: Second Servings | Lesson Plan from Utah Agriculture in the Classroom on portion size. This lesson is intended for a K-2 audience. |
| Together Counts Lesson Plans | The Together Counts™ Curriculum empowers teachers with the tools to help their students lead healthy and active lifestyles. The lessons focus on the fundamentals of overall wellness, teaching kids to make healthy decisions that foster healthy habits. |
