Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 5: Serve More, Eat More

6th - 8th
Discover that when food and drinks are served to us in large containers we tend to eat more even when we're not hungry. Food companies use this strategy to sell more products. [3:46]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 4: Marketing Low Fat

6th - 8th
Learn why the campaign to reduce fat in our diet is the best example yet of how the science of nutrition can get highjacked by the ideology of nutritionism. [1:34]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 3: Phud Phads

6th - 8th
Learn how the discovery of vitamins, while a major scientific achievement, also became a way for the food marketers to convince the public about the next "magic bullet" for optimal health, a trend that continues today. [5:06]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 2: Salt, Sugar, Fat

6th - 8th
Learn about how the Western Diet, made up of lots of meat and highly processed foods full of salt, sugar and fat, leads to big profits for food companies and poor health for people. [3:35]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 1: Meet Anthony Scavotto

6th - 8th
Learn how a real middle school student, Anthony Scavotto, and his family struggle to figure out what to eat to be healthy so he can play sports without getting tired, like other kids his age. [2:38]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 10: Join the Movement

6th - 8th
Learn about the food movement and how people all across the country are getting involved in growing food, shopping at farmers markets, and advocating for healthy food and food justice for all. [3:47]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Clip 9: Secrets of the French

6th - 8th
Learn that culture can be a very powerful way to teach us how to eat, and how the French have traditions and customs that help them eat well. [4:39]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Calcium

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide an informative overview of calcium. Students learn what foods provide good sources of calcium, and how calcium helps grow strong and healthy bones. [4:02]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Home Gardening

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos promote the benefits of growing fresh fruits and vegetables in home gardens, by showing students how soil, water, and sunlight are the key ingredients to a basic garden. [3:54]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sodium

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide an informative overview of the role of sodium in proper nutrition. Students learn how the body only needs a small amount of sodium daily, and too much sodium can cause dehydration, drowsiness and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Food Choices

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos promote the importance of understanding nutritional information and eating a well-balanced diet, focusing on food choices. Students learn about different types of foods from around the world, how to read...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Calories

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating with an emphasis on calories. Students learn about how calories are used in digestion to turn into energy, but consuming too many calories means...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Paint by Blunders

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy and the kids are painting a rainbow salad until Uncle Freddy interrupts, and they teach him that vibrant colored natural foods are much more healthy and have more vitamins and minerals than ones...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Food Rainbow

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the vegetables sing a song about foods being different colors, and students learn about the nutritional benefits of eating an assortment of colorful food. [1:36]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Seafood Shanty Sing a Long

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the vegetables sing a song about the different types of seafood, and students learn that seafood comes in a variety of forms and can be a great source of protein. [1:26]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: And the Crowd Goes Nuts

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the kids are playing a baseball game but they need energy, so the Professor calls time to give them a quick snack of nuts and explains that nuts are full of protein and good fats, and give you enough...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Don't Forget the Nuts

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the food group sings about why nuts are important to eat, and students learn that they contain protein and good fats to give them lots of energy for the day. [1:31]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mixed Nuts

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy introduces the Nuts! -- Almond, Pistachio, and Hazelnut -- to talk to students about why nuts are a healthy food choice that should be included in their diets, and to explain that each specific nut...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Balanced Meals

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan give an overview of food and nutrition topics, emphasize a positive change in nutrition by using a balanced food pyramid, and teach students how to connect foods on the school lunch...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Veggies

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on vegetables. Using these materials, students will learn that veggies contain specific nutrients that...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fats Good and Bad

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating with an emphasis on fats. The materials will help students understand that fat is a nutrient, food sources of fat and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Family Meal Time

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan promote basic nutrition & appropriate portion-size as well as family meal-time interactions. Using these materials, students will understand that it is important to eat foods...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fruits

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on fruits. Using these materials, students will understand that eating whole fruits each day helps to...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: P Is for Protein

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on protein. Using these materials, students will understand the role of protein in their health...