CSH Health Educator
Our CSH Health Educator travels to our schools to provide 2 nutrition lessons PreK-8 and vaping prevention lessons 5-8. See below for our book and resource lists.
Resources List for Nutrition Lessons
(Some resources may not be used in their entirety)
PreK-2nd grade
Eating the Alphabet – Lois Ehlert
Get Up! Get Moving! Have Fun! handout
Rainbow Snack Ramble activity video – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/rainbow-snack-ramble-video
Flip’s Fit Picks activity video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/flips-fit-picks-video
The Great Garden Escape – Erica L. Clymer
USDA Kids MyPlate handout
USDA The Five Food Groups poster - https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/tn/dmp_poster.pdf
Flip or Freeze activity video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/flip-or-freeze-video
Brain Rain activity video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/brain-rain-video
Get Your Dragon to Eat Healthy Food – Steve Herman
Discover MyPlate student workbooks – USDA
The 5 Fabulous Food Groups video – https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/gPvw8tfj
Get Moving in the Classroom video – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/get-moving-in-the-classroom-video
fitBoost Sport Moves video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/fit-workout-fitboost-sports-video
fit Workout: Yoga Flow video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/fit-workout-yoga-flow-video
Spriggles: Health and Nutrition – Jeff & Martha Gottlieb
The Two Bite Club – Food and Nutrition Service USDA
Nutrition: A Healthy Eating Project & Activities https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutrition-598262?st=7d2b32bb21a47b05542e7b0c255c8c03
Picky Peggy – Jennifer Dussling
Food Groups for Kids video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmgkj01uUTw
USDA Eat Smart to Play Hard poster - https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/eatsmartposter.pdf
Bread and Jam for Frances – Russell Hoban
fitQuiz: Food video – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/fit-quiz-food-video
Healthy Snacks Food Quiz video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/healthy-snacks-food-quiz-video
Eat the Rainbow! Nutrition Lesson for Kids video and handout - https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-for-kids
What’s on My Plate: A Guide to Good Nutrition – Slim Goodbody
How to Feed Your Parents – Ryan Miller
3rd-5th grade
fitBoost Sport Moves video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/fit-workout-fitboost-sports-video
fit Workout: Yoga Flow video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/fit-workout-yoga-flow-video
What’s a Portion Size? handout - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/-/media/fit/printables/fitclub-printables/fitclub-s9a6-what-is-a-portion-size-printable.pdf
Portion Match activity - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/-/media/fit/printables/fitclub-printables/fitclub-s9a5-portion-match-cards.pdf
What Fruits and Vegetables Do for Your Body video – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/what-fruit-and-vegetables-do-for-your-body-video
What Dairy Does for Your Body – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/what-dairy-does-for-your-body-video
What Protein Does for Your Body – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/what-protein-does-for-your-body-video
What Whole Grains Do for Your Body – https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/what-whole-grains-do-for-your-body-video
Kids Healthy Eating from Head to Toe handout
How Do Vitamins Work? video - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-value-of-vitamins-ginnie-trinh-nguyen
What Sugar Does to Your Body video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/what-sugar-does-to-your-body-video
The Scoop on Sugar video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/the-scoop-on-sugar-video
How Sugar Affects a Child’s Body handout
Drink Less Sugar (Drink Healthy Drink Light) handout
FDA Read the Label - https://www.fda.gov/media/89314/download
How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzwnwLgmFOQ
USDA My Plate Food Groups digital review game
Nutrition Breakout game - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutrition-Breakout-Game-3872382?st=a479202dbce165d5a6e0d77f344d7779
Breakfast Around the World handout - USDA
USDA Breakfast Around the World digital interactive - https://www.fns.usda.gov/apps/TNinteractive/index.html
MyPlate Breakfast Around the World digital review game
Teen Healthy Eating from Head to Toe handout
MyPlate Quiz www.myplate.gov
6th-8th grade
How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzwnwLgmFOQ
Get to Know Nutrition Facts Labels handout
Food Labels digital review game
Healthy Eating with MyPlate booklet – USDA
Healthy Eating with MyPlate digital review game
Nutrition Facts card games - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutrition-Facts-Card-Game-for-Teen-Health-Play-With-This-FULL-DECK-1586086?st=21e27530ef1dd1a34bb8235864584058
Teen Healthy Eating from Head to Toe handout
How Do Vitamins Work? video - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-value-of-vitamins-ginnie-trinh-nguyen
Nutrition Scavenger Hunt: Vitamins - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutrition-for-Health-Scavenger-Hunt-Bundle-5118959?st=282e43b23c96964bb4ab3b6bddcefa87
Nutrition Choice Board - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutrition-Choice-Board--6254643?st=dfbf5040741ae615110b90dcec9d1e32
Food Marketing Series: Teen Module video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy4utlhtdXI&list=PLFH-Pj0ws8DcXZZhV3DzklGuBtnSp-Ape
19 Tricks Advertisers Use to Make Food Look Delicious video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMRCy2t8fFo&list=PLFH-Pj0ws8DcXZZhV3DzklGuBtnSp-Ape&index=3
Food Advertising digital review game
How Does Your Body Know You’re Full? video - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-your-body-know-you-re-full-hilary-coller
What’s a Portion Size? handout - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/-/media/fit/printables/fitclub-printables/fitclub-s9a6-what-is-a-portion-size-printable.pdf
Choose Sensible Portion Sizes handout
Healthy Portions digital review game
How Sugar Affects the Brain video - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-sugar-affects-the-brain-nicole-avena
Sugar Hiding in Plain Sight video - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/sugar-hiding-in-plain-sight-robert-lustig
How Sugar Affects Your Body handout
Sugar digital review game
How the Food You Eat Affects Your Brain video - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-food-you-eat-affects-your-brain-mia-nacamulli
Fast Food Meal Analysis activity - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fast-Food-Meal-Analysis-5818721?st=63ab02d8305dd6d8fda3130b698acc49
Takeout Trivia activity - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Takeout-Trivia-6468248?st=b88932e27491da0db051d4d91708c776
The Label Games and Food Label Digital Escape Form activities - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutrition-Unit-Bundle-6157579?st=725980bb550678c015fc881d16dfa6ef
Water: The Foundation of a Healthy Body handout
What Would Happen If You Didn’t Drink Water? video – https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-happen-if-you-didn-t-drink-water-mia-nacamulli
What Caffeine Does to Your Body video - https://fit.sanfordhealth.org/resources/what-caffeine-does-to-your-body-video
Hydration digital review game
ChooseMyPlate.gov handout
How to Build a Meal handout – fit.sanfordhealth.org
Dietary Guidelines for Americans handout – www.dietaryguidelines.gov
General
https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/discover-myplate-nutrition-education-kindergarten
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/nutrition-education-resources-materials
https://classroom.kidshealth.org/classroom/index.jsp?Grade=0&Section=welcome
https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/great-garden-detective-adventure
https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/dig-standards-based-nutrition-education-ground
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/kids-healthy-eating-plate/
Resources List for Vaping Prevention Lessons
(some resources may not be used in their entirety)
5th-6th grade
Just the Facts: A Be Vape Free Virtual Field Trip https://www.bevapefree.org/just-the-facts-vft/
Be Vape Free: Clearing the Air https://www.bevapefree.org/clearing-the-air-vft/
Don’t Let Vaping Cloud the Facts self-paced module http://www.bevapefree.org/cvs-module/
Vaping Risks Revealed self-paced module http://www.bevapefree.org/cvs-module/
Empowering Yourself and Others to Be Vape Free self-paced module https://www.bevapefree.org/empower-yourself/
Escape the Vape Chemical Crew handouts/activity
What You Need to Know About Vaping digital interactive https://www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks/index.html#fda_digital
The Health Impacts of E-cigarettes handout www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks
How Does Vaping Harm Your Health video https://www.scholastic.com/vapingrisks/index.html
What Should Teens Know About E-cigarette Advertising? video https://www.scholastic.com/vapingrisks/index.html
E-cigarettes: A Dangerous Trend handout
What You Should Know About Vaping digital review game
7th-8th grade
Vaping: Know the Truth self-paced module https://platform.everfi.net/teacher/homepage
Empowering Yourself and Others to Be Vape Free self-paced module https://www.bevapefree.org/empower-yourself/
E-cigarette Ingredient Investigation handouts/activity
American Lung Association, E-cigarettes and Vaping: What Teens Should Know materials https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/helping-teens-quit/what-teens-should-know
FDA for Schools: My Vaping Mistake videos www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks
What You Need to Know About Vaping digital interactive https://www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks/index.html#fda_digital
The Health Impacts of E-cigarettes handout www.scholastic.com/youthvapingrisks
How Does Vaping Harm Your Health video https://www.scholastic.com/vapingrisks/index.html
What Should Teens Know About E-cigarette Advertising? video https://www.scholastic.com/vapingrisks/index.html
E-cigarettes: A Dangerous Trend handout
What You Should Know About Vaping digital review game
e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov
cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm
digitalmedia.hhs.gov/tobacco/educator_hub/students/vaping101/lung_damage_and_chemicals