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TEACHER RESOURCE - HEALTHY EATING This page has information and ideas to assist teachers with lessons about healthy eating choices. There are a variety of resources to use that support these lessons as well as some extension activity ideas.

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A suggested lesson progression for the six weeks with each lesson being approximately sixty minutes.

Ideas on mind map. Back to whole class for groups to discuss their ideas with rest of the class. || group and self-assessment sheet to reflect on their own participation. Student's videos can then be uploaded to You Tube to be shared with family and friends. ||
 * WEEK || DETAILS  ||
 * 1 || Introduction to the six week program. Group allocation and brainstorming session.
 * 2 || Short review of last lesson. Group research on topic. ||
 * 3 || Research and writing of presentation format. ||
 * 4 || Job allocation. Planning of props and rehearsal. ||
 * 5 || Recording day using Ipads. ||
 * 6 || Present group work to the whole class. Students complete assessment sheet for each

One suggestion is creating a healthy lunch menu and recipe,
Writing a procedure - Youtube video on procedural writing; short video with text and footage on how to make a sandwich, [] Sparklebox has writing frames for menus and recipes, [|http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/writing/frames/menus.html#.T552LLNzUs2] The Learning Federation: Science: Energy calculator; calculating the energy in your food and how it matches the energy needed for your daily activity. []

This link from the Learning Federation allows children to explore what happens to our food after we swallow it. Students select foods and drinks and decide how to digest them.It allows children to find out more about digestion and what occurs inside thier body. [] Fun with healthy food presentation: How to make fruit and vegetables into interesting shapes to use as a garnish. Fruit and veg garnishes

Resources:
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L isted below are useful teachers website links with a short description. These websites provide lots of activities and lesson ideas centred on the theme of nutrition.

A comprehensive website with lots of teacher information, in particular keeping healthy. [] Below is a useful website that has information, resources and ideas on physical activity and healthy eating for children. [] The School Nutrition Association website has useful resources, curriculum, and educational materials necessary to promote healthy lifestyles and lifelong learning. [] This site has lesson plans and ideas for teachers to use to promote healthy heading in the classroom. It covers all year levels from Early childhood to Year 7. The site includes templates to use to support lessons. [] The information is also available as a PDF, just click on the link below. [.pdf]] This is a wonderful website will lots of information on how to eat healthy. There are also some suggestions for other sites and blogs. [] This website has lots of interactive activities for children as well information for teachers and parents on health and nutrition. Interactive, N. (2012). Nourish Interactive, from http://www.nourishinteractive.com/ This site is the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They have resources for teachers to support teaching healthy eating and physical activity for children in the primary school and early adolescent age group. The resources include interactive computer games, lesson ideas and games and puzzles relating to this topic and other relevant areas such as healthy teeth and bones. []

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Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch by Bill Haduch Is a book targeted to be read to children on the facts of healthy eating. Primary Health and Values by Jenni Harrold is a book for teachers that provides resources, lesson plans centered around the theme of health and values for children.

Promoting Health and Emotional Wellbeing in your Classroom, by Randy Page & Tana Page.
This book provides pre-service and current teachers with all the tools and information needed for effectively promoting healthy life choices. The book incorporates National Health Education Standards and the Centers for Disease Control. It provides instructional planning lessons for the classroom. . = Songs: = This is an animated rap song with vegetables singing and dancing promoting healthy eating. This gives an example to show children how engaging using music can be to teach a subject. []

This song teaches children about the five necessary elements of plot, character, conflict, theme and setting when writing. It can be used to support students who are struggling with writing if it is relevant to their chosen genre, i.e. plays or songs @http://flocabulary.com/fivethings/

= Interactive Whiteboard Activities: =

Explores what kids do to have a healthy life. Choose questions to ask in a survey. For example, look at the percentages of kids that bring fruit as part of their school lunch. Examine a table of results. Sort the data and use it to answer questions. Display the results using graph. Identify conclusions supported by the evidence and write a report based on the results. []

A film showing children at lunch time comparing and swapping their different sandwiches but ultimately settling on their own again. Part 1 [] Part 2 [] Promethean Planet is an interactive whiteboard website that has many resources relating to this topic. A search on the topics of healthy eating, writing a poem, writing a song and group work all brought a great number of results that could be used to support this topic in the classroom. @http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Search/resources/language/english/?Keywords=healthy+eating&SortField=relevance = = = Journal article: = School-based approaches for preventing and treating obesity by Mary Story.This article reviews the research on school-based interventions to prevent and treat obesity.

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Nutrition Pathfinders - This article talks about the positive result students gained when they were given the opportunity to use Nutrition Pathfinders. Nutrition Pathfinders is an interactive school based nutrition education program for children in grades three to five. It is a program that uses technologies such as a website and CD Rom to increase student’s knowledge of healthy foods. Students can track what they know about nutrition, what they have learnt and what they need to learn by using the technologies in this program. The website provides students with a fun way to explore and learn more about nutrition facts.

Robertson, T. P., & Zalles, D. R. (2005). Gem no. 386. Nutrition education program NUTRITION PATHFINDERS teaches children how to make healthful food choices. Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 37(1), 41-42.

= Videos: = Below is a video made by a student about healthy eating. It is done in a rap style which would appeal to the older students that this lesson targets. It would be great to show students to give them some ideas and motivation before planning their own song or poem etc.

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