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This page documents resources that could be utilised in lessons on "Lunch Boxes and Hygiene. We have made a comprehensive list of resources and given a brief description of each to allow a teacher the opportunity to adapt our original lesson plans to give their own personal touch to the program. As our project covers both Nutrition and Hygiene we have listed these separately for easy reference.

=Teacher Resources=


 * Interactive Whiteboards [[image:Jarrett_1.png align="right"]] **
 * Nutrition **
 * Healthy kids Interactive online games, quizzes and interactive whiteboard activities relating to fruit and veg month.
 * gofor2and5 Create a vegie man interactive activities
 * Food a fact of life Interactive game to build your healthy lunchbox


 * Hygiene **
 * Cussons Carex Interactive games and puzzles on hand washing
 * Learn Alberta The hand washing challenge video and interactive activities


 * Websites **
 * Nutrition **
 * The Teachers Corner Lesson plan: Food plate game
 * Better Health Channel Lunch Box recipes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Education World Nutrition lesson plans
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Nutrition Australia Healthy Living Pyramid
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Good for Kids This website has information & resources for Parents, schools & kids and a section on Aboriginal kids including lesson plans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Healthy Kids An Australian site that has information on nutrition with an excellent Teachers section.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Crunch and Sip Australia How to become a registered school including resources
 * Crunch and Sip Western Australia All about Crunch and Sip program in WA including joining and resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Fresh for kids An Australian site -great information for parents, teachers & kids
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Taste.com.au Australian site -Kids Healthy lunch box ideas including recipes, pictures & nutritional information


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hygiene **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Global Hand washing day Information on global hand washing day held on October 15th each year
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">WashingHands.net Information on hand washing and your health with a page for children including a washing hand song
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Sneeze safe A hygiene program designed for Australian schools – how to obtain a toolkit for running this program in your classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Squidoo Teaching kids about germs. This site has information, video's, online resources for a range of activities about germs for various ages.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Glogerm This website gives information on glogerm, a tool for demonstrating hand washing with activities on spreading of germs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wash your hands free posters, handouts and game materials including downloadable materials


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Documents **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nutrition **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Nubeat Lyrics to ‘The Nutrition Song’ used in our authentic task program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Nutrition Australia – 8 good foods young kids love.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crunch and Sip Australia Kick start to Crunch and Sip Information booklet 2012
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Fresh for Kids A 5 day healthy lunchbox plan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Australian government Dept of health and ageing The Australian guide to healthy eating includes the Healthy food plate and is based on recent research on nutrition.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hygiene **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Units 4 TeachersCurriculum ideas for exploring hand washing for earlier years however there are some good teaching ideas that can be used at all levels.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Columbus Public Health Teaching tips and activities for hand washing & germ transmission.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Noyce Foundation This document with the words to the book “Germs are not for sharing” by Elizabeth Verdick. You may use this document if you are unable to access the book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Health Promotion Board H<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">and washing poster to print out for lesson including a hand washing song
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Google Selection of hand washing posters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">WA Government Dept of Health hand washing fact sheet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Columbus Public Health An excellent document covering all aspects of hand washing with children including activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Coloured Brochure on hand washing


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Movies and Podcasts **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nutrition **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Nubeat.org ‘The Nutrition Song’ YouTube (2.44 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Nutrition Australia This 15-minute film explains to families how to pack a school lunchbox for primary school children.Excellent resource that can be shared with Parents <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">especially as their children enter school.(15.00 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Healthy Kids Healthy kid’s lunchbox video (2.59minutes)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hygiene **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Eastern Ontario Health YouTube 'Germy the Germ' gets washed away for younger children (3.04 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Soft SoapAnimated YouTube on hand washing 'Pump the Pump' (1.32 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jefferson University Hospitals Wash 'em - Hand hygiene music video more suited to older children.(5.46 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Protect don't infect Animated YouTube on protect don’t infect – keeping away germs. This has been used in our authentic task.(7.14 minutes)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Books **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nutrition **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">School Nutrition Association Lists a collection of children’s books on nutrition

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Berger, M. (1995). //Germs make me sick//. Minneapolis,MN: Free Spirit Publishing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Verdick, E., & Heinlen, M. (2006). //Germs are not for sharing//. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hygiene **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Book Germs make me sick, a child's book on germs, very well illustrated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Book Germs are not for sharing, a child's book on germs, very well illustrated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Minnesota Department of Health Lists a collection of books on hand washing and germs


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Social Networking **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nutrition **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Taste.com.au is Australia’s largest recipe website. The website aims to bring an experience that is useful, practical and enjoyable – with simple search tools and themed recipe collections to make it easy for you to enjoy great food. Cooking and eating is all about giving out experiences. Taste.com.au is here to make that occur through online forums and comments and ratings that you can add to individual recipes.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">General **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that enables users to send and read text-based posts known as tweets.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Punchbowl is an online party planner with features that allow you to send invitations online that may be suitable for use in classrooms.

=**Student Resources**=

T<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">he following resources have been used in the Authentic task and would be required for the student to link to their blog. We would suggest that these resources be placed on the Class folder on the school server so they can be accessed on all computers connected to the school server system i.e. computer lab, library and classroom. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">At the completion of each lesson where photos have been taken, the teacher will upload the photos to the class folder for the students to access for their blogs.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Interactive Whiteboards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Learn Alberta The hand washing challenge video and interactive activities (1.50 minutes - video only)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Movies and Podcasts **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Nubeat.org ‘The Nutrition Song’ YouTube (2.44 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Soft SoapAnimated YouTube on hand washing 'Pump the Pump' (1.32 minutes)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Protect don't infect Animated YouTube on protect don’t infect – keeping away germs. This has been used in our authentic task.(7.14 minutes)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Documents **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Nubeat Lyrics to ‘The Nutrition Song’ used in our authentic task program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Health Promotion Board Hand washing poster to print out for lesson including a hand washin g <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">song
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Fresh for Kids A 5 day healthy lunchbox plan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Columbus Public Health Teaching tips and activities for hand washing & germ transmission.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Teacher Tips
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Every teacher wants nothing more than to provide their students with authentic learning opportunities, however sometimes this can add greatly to a teachers workload or result in being an expensive exercise. We have put together some helpful tips that will assist you in carrying out our lesson overviews.There are many things that can affect the smooth running of your programming and we hope the following will assist you to run our lessons successfully.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">As a courtesy always notify the school canteen in advance of your event as their orders will be affected on the day. Your canteen manager may be able to assist you with ordering of goods at a better price from their suppliers. ======

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Link Lessons to Calendar Events
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">To provide and authentic context to the tasks you could carry out your 5 week teaching plan to coincide with a major nutritional program like Fruit and Veg month. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The WA School Canteen Association, Cancer Council WA Department of Health invite school canteens to become involved so this could be a way you could work in with your school canteen with activities to extend on the lessons we have provided.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Fruit and Veg Month a program developed by the Department of Health. In 2012 this will be held from 27th August to 21st September.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">To hold a shared lunch involves the ordering and purchasing of foods which needs to be carried out by the teacher, usually after hours in their own time. A hassle free alternative would be to use the online shopping on offer from the larger supermarket chains. You can place your order and even have it delivered to the school the day before the event. Follow these links below for information on the process ======
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Coles online The website of Coles supermarkets online shopping.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Woolworths online The website of Woolworths online shopping.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Local markets or fruit and vegetable suppliers may be happy to support the students with a donation of goods. You could have the students write a letter of request to the businesses outlining the event.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Specialised businesses may be able to assist with donation of goods for the lunch.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Water Corporation can be approached to supply free bottled water for school events. They also offer education incursions/excursions that may be added to yourprogram.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Masters Dairy may be approached for milk drinks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Harvey Fresh supply fruit juices.
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Sample Letter for request of goods ======

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">We have drawn up a sample letter in which you may use for this purpose.
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Embed letter requesting sponsorship here.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">It can be beneficial at the commencement of a new year to build a Parent Database listing where they work. When programming you could cross reference with this database e.g. John's Dad may be the local baker and you could purchase the bread from his business and you may be likely to receive a discount or even a donation. ======

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">References <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jarrett, Kevin. (2009). Lisa Short demonstrates teaching with an interactive whiteboard [image]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjarrett/3633957280/.