The links in this category include lesson plans and other classroom resources on nutrition for middle and high school students.
Lessons for Middle and High School
Link | Description |
|---|---|
| California Department of Public Health: Rethink Your Drink Lesson Plans | Many lesson plans for the Rethink Your Drink Campaign for all grade levels. |
| CTE Online: Fad Diets Lesson Plan | This lesson has students look at what a fad diet is and what the current fad diets are. Students will focus on five popular fad diets and will compare them to dietary guidelines while pointing out the pros and cons of each diet. |
| Dig In! Standards-Based Nutrition Education | Lessons for 5th and 6th graders discussing growing, harvesting, and learning about fruits and vegetables. |
| Dig In! Standards-Based Nutrition Education from the Ground Up | Ten inquiry-based lessons that engage 5th and 6th graders in growing, harvesting, tasting, and learning about fruits and vegetables. |
| Fast Food Nutrition Lesson Plans | Provides nutrition facts for the most popular fast food restaurants in the United States. Includes nutrition facts for various fast food restaurant, lesson plans, and nutrition calculator. Applicable to both middle and high school levels. |
| FDA: Science and Our Food Supply | Free Supplementary Curriculum for Middle Level and High School Classrooms on the topics of Food Safety and Nutrition. |
| Foodskey – Food Science Videos | The University of Nottingham produced a set of fifteen videos about the science of food. The videos cover topics like nutrition, food security, and crop technology. |
| Fueling My Healthy Life | The USDA has compiled multi-media resources to engage middle school students in nutrition education surrounding the importance of a balance breakfast and how to make healthy eating choices. |
| MyPlate Quizzes | Test your knowledge about the MyPlate food groups and other nutrition-related information. |
| Nutrition Facts Label for Middle Level Classrooms | Teacher's guide for middle level classrooms to education on using the nutrition facts label to make healthy food choices |
| Passing the Sugar | An activity best suited for 8th graders or advanced 7th graders to teach students to choose beverages without added sugars or sweeteners. The curriculum is from Planet Health, 2nd Edition. |
| Ted Ed Video: How do carbohydrates impact your health? | Richard J. Wood explains how he things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. |
| Ted Ed Video: How sugar affects the brain | Nicole Avena explains why sweets and treats should be enjoyed in moderation. |
| Ted Ed Video: What is a calorie? | Emma Bryce explains calories. |
| Ted Ed Video: What’s the big deal with gluten? | William D. Chey explains the facts behind celiac disease, wheat allergies and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. |
| Together Counts- Farming Spotlight Lessons | Teaching where our food comes from: lesson plan topics cover various agricultural concepts including soil pH, plant genetics, photosynthesis, analyzing data from the egg industry, mapping chickens (how chickens spread across the world), and more. |
| Toward a Sustainable Agriculture | High school curriculum containing 5 modules on sustainable and organic agriculture. |
| UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program | Nutrition educational materials for the following age groups: early childhood, elementary, middle and high school, and adults. |
| When Something’s Missing: Diagnosing Vitamin Deficiencies | In this lesson, students consider what they already know and believe about vitamins and supplements, research nutrient deficiencies, and then create, analyze and discuss patient case studies. |
| Whole Grains Lesson – Choose My Plate | Information regarding parts of a grain kernel, examples of whole grains, and tips for making at least half of the student's grains whole. |
