Click Breakfast to see the video Title. To Eat or Not To Eat – Breakfast Producer. PBS kids – Dragonfly TV Year. N/A Length. 5.5 minutes Rating. N/A although I would say it is G Summary: Cameron and Ashley want to find out if eating breakfast makes a difference in terms of how well a student … Continue reading Documentary: Breakfast
Non-Fiction Book Title: How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? Author: Chris Butterworth Publication: Candlewick; 2013 Summary This book tells the story of where many items come from that are often found inside of a lunch box. It explains what happens to get milk to turn into cheese, where tomatoes come from, and how apples … Continue reading Non-Fiction Literature: Nutrition
Fictional Book Title: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food Author: Stan and Jan Berenstain Publication: Random House Books for Young Readers; 2010 Summary This book tells the story of the Berenstain Bears and how they learn about trading junk food for nutritional foods. The story begins with Brother Bear and Sister Bear eating … Continue reading Fiction Literature Source: Nutrition
Click Food for Thought to watch the video. Here is the Sesame Street- Try it! New Foods song! Title. Sesame Street: Food for thought Producer. Sesame Workshop, Christina Delfico and Kevin Clash, Mason Rather Year made. N/A Length. 25 minutes Rating. Not Rated but most likely rated G Summary. It starts off with Elmo who … Continue reading Popular Film: Sesame Street – Food for Thought
Tricky Treats, written by Georgia Perez, 2010, publisher- Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Indian Health Service. For up to fourth grade. https://www.amazon.com/Tricky-Treats-Eagle-Georgia-Perez/dp/0160913160 This book is about a group of kids going out for a day of play and they’ve all packed snacks, they meet with Mr. Eagle and … Continue reading Fiction Literature- Tricky Treats
We would have one, or a few of the lunch ladies from the school come and present. http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/HHFKAfactsheet-calories.pdf Fact Sheet- Calories in School Meals The lunch ladies could come and talk about the above article, it talks all about how school lunches are set up, and what foods there are and aren’t maximum amounts allowed … Continue reading Guest Speaker- Lunch Lady
Food for Thought Executive producer- Sean McNamara, release date January 17, 2003, episodes are about 22 minutes in length, not rated but parenting websites give it a 9+ for age, really appropriate and has positive messages and positive role models. I would show this in either sixth or seventh grade. This episode is about a … Continue reading Popular Media- That’s So Raven
https://zyngagames.com/play/farmville-two Farmville is a fun, interactive game where you can harvest your own crops to earn virtual money. You can buy and sell crops and materials, and this will teach students about farming and the agriculture industry. After learning about soil and practices of agriculture, students can play farmville and compare/contrast how the game relates … Continue reading Resource for Students- Farmville!
Supersize Me was produced by Morgan Spurlock, who is also the star of the documentary in 2004. It’s 1 hour and 40 minutes and is rated PG-13. This documentary is about a man, Morgan Spurlock, who decides to eat only McDonalds for an entire month, to see the effects it has on his body and … Continue reading Documentary- Supersize Me
Students will research a culture other than their own, and specifically research a meal eaten in this culture. They will then research the nutritional value of the meal (what food groups are included, caloric intake). One book that will be presented for use in this assignment is: What the World Eats by Faith D’Aluisio, Photographed … Continue reading Non-Fiction Book- What the World Eats