1. Internet source for students

• General Information:
  • American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (http://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/just-for-kids/food-allergy-bubble-game)
  • This site is fun and interactive for students. Students can learn about allergies in a fun and engaging way on an easy to maneuver website. After my students finish reading the allergy articles and finish the comprehensive questions, they will be able to play this fun interactive game.
• Core Integration:
  • kidshealth K-2 Food Allergy Resources for the Classroom
  • This website has lots of great free resources. There are lesson plans, links to child-friendly articles, quiz and discussion questions, and games/activities to use in a lesson. This website is very user friendly, and provides reliable links and information. After students finish with their assignment and have taken a short quiz about what they’ve read, they will have free time playing the various games provided on the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology website.
• Standards:
  • Wellness:
    • Access Valid Information: Identify where to locate trusted adults who can help promote health. H3.W5.1
    • Access Valid Information: Identify characteristics of valid health information and services. H3.W5.2
  • Safety:
    • First Aid: Understand differences between emergency and nonemergency situations. H1.Sa2.Ka
    • First Aid: Identify people to ask for help in emergency situations. H1.Sa2.1a
    • First Aid: Identify people who can help when someone is injured or suddenly ill. H1.Sa2.2b
  • Nutrition:
    • Food Groups and Nutrients: Match foods to food groups. H1.N1.1a
    • Disease Prevention: Understand that food choices can put individuals at risk for some health problems. H1.N5.2
  • ELA.RI.2.1 “Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text”.
  • ELA.RI.2.3 “Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text”.
• Visit American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology for more fun!

Internet Source for Teachers

• General Information:
  • kidshealth K-2 Food Allergy Resources for the Classroom
  • This website has lots of great free resources. There are lesson plans, links to child-friendly articles, quiz and discussion questions, and games/activities to use in a lesson. This website is very user friendly, and provides reliable links and information.
• Core Integration:
  • The topic of food allergies can be integrated into reading and comprehension. The website has some student-friendly articles about food allergies that you could print out for students. They can read the articles and answer comprehension questions about what they read. There is also an activity where students design an “allergy button” that illustrates what foods are and are not okay to eat with a specific allergy. This activity would be a creative art project that could be done so students can show what they have learned about food allergies. The website also provides a short quiz that can be used as a summative assessment to finish the unit.
• Standards:
  • Wellness:
    • Access Valid Information: Identify where to locate trusted adults who can help promote health. H3.W5.1
    • Access Valid Information: Identify characteristics of valid health information and services. H3.W5.2
  • Safety:
    • First Aid: Understand differences between emergency and nonemergency situations. H1.Sa2.Ka
    • First Aid: Identify people to ask for help in emergency situations. H1.Sa2.1a
    • First Aid: Identify people who can help when someone is injured or suddenly ill. H1.Sa2.2b
  • Nutrition:
    • Food Groups and Nutrients: Match foods to food groups. H1.N1.1a
    • Disease Prevention: Understand that food choices can put individuals at risk for some health problems. H1.N5.2
  • ELA.RI.2.1 “Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text”.
  • ELA.RI.2.3 “Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text”.

Internet Source for Parents

• General Information:
  • Kids with Food Allergies: A Division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/).
  • This website is a great resource for parents because of the many helpful links it provides. The helpful links parents could utilize are: new diagnosis, food allergies, food allergy recalls, updates fro medical advisor, blogs, how to find safe foods, recipe substitutions, nutrition, webinars, and safe eats recipes. This website can be easily navigated to find exactly what they need. To introduce this site to parents by including this into my classroom blog under resources, and put it as a resource for parents in my newsletters to parents. This could be a great way to let them know of known allergies within my classroom, and give them a resource so they can find ways to exclude that food from the classroom.
• You can find more information at: Kids with Food Allergies: A Division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America