Website URL: www.superkidsnutrition.com
Description:
This website is a good resource for students K-8 to help them understand why nutrition is important as well as how to lead a healthier lifestyle. Kids can look through the website to learn more about healthy foods and what they can do for your body as well as fun activities they can do related to nutrition. There is a section for kids to do activities on there own but also school activities separated into grade categories.
Standards:
HBO’s
HBO 3: Eat an abundance of fruits and vegetables every day.
HBO 8: Eat healthy snacks.
HBO 13: Support others to eat healthy.
NHES’S
HE1.2.9: Identify healthy eating patterns that provide energy and help the body grow and develop.
HE1.5.3: Describe the benefits of eating plenty of fruits of vegetables.
HE1.5.15: Describe the benefits of healthy eating.
Integration:
Science: The students can learn about nutrition along with what nutrients do in the body. Have them learn about where they can get nutrients in food.
Writing: Have students keep track of what they eat during a week and then write about what they learned about the nutrition of everyday foods.