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- 4th - 6th
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Students explain why additives in food production and processing pose both risks and benefits. They experience that local, state, and national governments have rules about how to produce and process food to make sure that it is wholesome to eat. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore different types of transportation used in the distribution of agricultural products, and write expository essays explaining different types of distribution and types of preservations used. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study safe food handling techniques and the importance of hand washing in the reduction of food-borne illnesses. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine additives in food production and how processing poses both risks and benefits; students explore local, state, and national government rules about how to produce and process food to make sure that it is wholesome to eat. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students study food consumption patterns and lifestyle choices of youth in Canada and around the world. They compare their findings with their own lifestyles. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the nutritional value of fast food. They assess which fast foods are best and worst to eat. They organize their data into tables and graphs and explain their findings to other students. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students develop skills in making nutritionally-sound food choices. Keeping a food diary, they analyze their food intake using the food pyramid as a guide. Students identify and explain the relationship of nutrition to personal health and fitness. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students gain awareness of global patterns of food distribution. They are introduced to the concepts of food security and food insecurity. Pupils investigate the nutritional status of others around the world using information from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students explore food distribution. As a simulation, students eat only food grown near their home for one week. They graph countries where hunger is rampant. Students research individuals who have assisted in relieving the hunger of others. They explore local programs to end hunger. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students discuss what they ate today, why they ate it and how did these foods affect them. They compare and contrast the food preferences with traditions of class members and name holidays celebrated in their homes and holiday foods. They then name food of other cultures that they enjoy. Full Review »

