Healthy Eating

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General

SPACE FOOD AND NUTRITION: An Educator's Guide With Activities in Science and Mathematics - from SpaceLink, NASA, pdf file
http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/Space_Food_and_Nutrition.pdf

Staying Healthy - including Fabulous Food, from Kids Health
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/index.html

Food and Energy - from South Australia Science Teachers Association
http://www.sasta.asn.au/qualityscience/primaryyears/BrowneLessons.html

What's for Lunch?

GoGrains for Primary Schools - from GoGrains and NSW Department of Education and Training
http://gograins.com.au/primaryschools/index.html

The Bean Files - this site has stories, activities, songs, recipes and more, also teachers notes, from Legumaniac staff at Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, University of Western Australia
http://www.clima.uwa.edu.au/schools/beanfiles

Healthy Choices for Kids - from Washington Apple Commission
http://www.healthychoices.org/

Kellogg's - with information about all Kellogg's cereals and healthy eating
http://www.kellogg.com.au/

Sanitarium Health Food Company - with information about products and healthy eating
http://www.sanitarium.com.au/

Nutrition Education Lesson Plans - from Neat Solutions for Healthy Children
http://www.neatsolutions.com/lessons/lesson_plans.htm

Food Pyramid Unit - cross-curricular activities based on the food pyramid
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/food.html

Nutrition Cafe - online activities on food and nutrition, works best in Internet Explorer
http://exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/default.html

Food and Nutrition - range of activities from abcteach.com
http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/science/food_and_nutrition_theme_unit/

Eating Out

The Fast Food Nutrition Fact Explorer - explore the nutrition content for foods from takeaway outlets such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Subway, KFC and Burger King (unfortunately some quantities are in imperial measurements but good for comparison, also USA menu)
http://www.fatcalories.com/

Food for the Tucker Box

How Food Preservation Works - from How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/food-preservation.htm

When bugs have you on the run - from NOVA, Australian Academy of Science
http://www.science.org.au/nova/030/030key.htm

Food Preservation Publications - from Oregon State University
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/fcd/foodsafety/foodpres.php

Packaging Tricks - lesson plan introduces students to the ways in which packaging is designed to attract kids, from Media Awareness Network, Canada
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/advertising_marketing/packaging_tricks.cfm

Looking at Food Advertising - lesson plan introduces students to the ways in which advertising can affect their food choices, from Media Awareness Network, Canada
http://www.education-medias.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/advertising_marketing/food_advertising.cfm

Eating Under the Rainbow - from Media Awareness Network, Canada
http://www.education-medias.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/advertising_marketing/eating_under_rainbow.cfm

Food Labels in the Classroom - from the Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Consumer_Health/COH0001.html

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