The Healthy Frog: Nutrition,
Fitness and Health Lessons and
Activities
DISCLAIMER: The following links will take you off of our site. At the time we
linked to them, site content was educational and appropriate for children.
Integrate a little geography with your nutrition lessons. Visit CNN's
interactive map and see how the nation's obesity rates have changed
since 1985.
Lessons and Activities
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American Council on Exercise: Fit FactsTM are concise, one-page information
sheets – more than 100 in all – each covering a different health or fitness topic.
Each sheet contains valuable how-to information – from advice on the best
type of exercise for weight loss to pointers on choosing a personal trainer.
American Dietetic Association:Fact sheets covering a wide range of topics.
Blue Zones Challenge: Blue Zones believes in empowering kids to Explore,
Question and Act. Our educational program includes ready-to-use lesson plans
and a Curriculum Guide correlated to National Standards. The Blue Zones
Challenge teams students, parents, and educators in an effort to alter the four
key behaviors that impact childhood obesity. This personalized program
empowers students, with the support of their parents and teachers, to take
charge of their own health by tracking servings of fruits and vegetables;
periods of physical activity; servings of sweetened beverages; and periods of
watching television.
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Calories: lesson 5-8
Classroom Resources: Dole's 5 a Day
Dole offers an extensive list of lessons and activities for your classroom.
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Eat Right - Stay Fit: Lesson for 6-8
Enzymes: lesson 10
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Food labels: lesson 4-12
Food Risks: 8 lessons
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Gregory the Terrible Eater: lesson 3-4
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Leafy Greens: cross-curricular lessons
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NUTRITION DETECTIVES® "Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices"
Nutrition Detectives is an exciting nutrition education program for elementary
school children that is "Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices." They learn
how to read food labels, detect marketing deceptions while simultaneously
learning to identify and subsequently choose healthy foods. The program has
been taught in schools throughout the country and data are currently being
collected in Independence Missouri. The program is novel, creative, engaging,
and efficient, imparting crucial information in minimal time.
The program includes:
Nutrition Education: K-6 lessons
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Salad party: lesson 3-4
Fitness and Health Lessons and
Activities
DISCLAIMER: The following links will take you off of our site. At the time we
linked to them, site content was educational and appropriate for children.
Integrate a little geography with your nutrition lessons. Visit CNN's
interactive map and see how the nation's obesity rates have changed
since 1985.
Lessons and Activities
A
American Council on Exercise: Fit FactsTM are concise, one-page information
sheets – more than 100 in all – each covering a different health or fitness topic.
Each sheet contains valuable how-to information – from advice on the best
type of exercise for weight loss to pointers on choosing a personal trainer.
American Dietetic Association:Fact sheets covering a wide range of topics.
Blue Zones Challenge: Blue Zones believes in empowering kids to Explore,
Question and Act. Our educational program includes ready-to-use lesson plans
and a Curriculum Guide correlated to National Standards. The Blue Zones
Challenge teams students, parents, and educators in an effort to alter the four
key behaviors that impact childhood obesity. This personalized program
empowers students, with the support of their parents and teachers, to take
charge of their own health by tracking servings of fruits and vegetables;
periods of physical activity; servings of sweetened beverages; and periods of
watching television.
C
Calories: lesson 5-8
Classroom Resources: Dole's 5 a Day
Dole offers an extensive list of lessons and activities for your classroom.
E
Eat Right - Stay Fit: Lesson for 6-8
Enzymes: lesson 10
F
Food labels: lesson 4-12
Food Risks: 8 lessons
G
Gregory the Terrible Eater: lesson 3-4
L
Leafy Greens: cross-curricular lessons
N
NUTRITION DETECTIVES® "Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices"
Nutrition Detectives is an exciting nutrition education program for elementary
school children that is "Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices." They learn
how to read food labels, detect marketing deceptions while simultaneously
learning to identify and subsequently choose healthy foods. The program has
been taught in schools throughout the country and data are currently being
collected in Independence Missouri. The program is novel, creative, engaging,
and efficient, imparting crucial information in minimal time.
The program includes:
- Nutrition Detectives Slide Show [PowerPoint]
- Teacher's Manual/Curriculum Guide [45-page PDF]
- Children's Questionnaire [6-page PDF]
- Parent Intro Letter
- Parent Follow-up Letter
- Evaluation form for Nutrition Detectives
Nutrition Education: K-6 lessons
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Salad party: lesson 3-4
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Whole Foods
Podcast: Back
to School /
Parent Focus
It’s back to school
time and we’re
offering up a fresh
focus on healthy
food. Tune in for
some great tips and
recipe ideas to help
keep your kids
healthy and
productive in the
school year ahead.
Podcast: Back
to School /
Parent Focus
It’s back to school
time and we’re
offering up a fresh
focus on healthy
food. Tune in for
some great tips and
recipe ideas to help
keep your kids
healthy and
productive in the
school year ahead.