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Dealing With Food Allergies in School

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers how to deal with children's food allergies in a school: how to learn about the child's food allergy, how to prevent a food allergy reaction, how to make an allergy response plan.
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PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: School Lunch Gets a Makeover

For Students 9th - 10th
President Obama signed in a law called the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act which provides breakfast and dinner at school. In conjunction with Michelle Obama's initiative against child obesity, this law requires schools to provide...
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US Department of Agriculture

Food and Nutrition Topics a to Z

For Students 9th - 10th
More than just food and nutrition links can be found in this index of health topics. The USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center provides access to a world of health information.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Science: Health and Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Elementary to middle school students can learn from the resources here about food and nutrition. In particular is a lesson plan and worksheet on the food pyramid guidelines issued by the USDA in 2005.
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National Dairy Council: Nutrition Explorations Educator's Guide

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site gives a wealth of resources for teaching about nutrition in an elementary school classroom. It has worksheets, lesson plans, online activities, and more.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: About Kids Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Unit 7.3 Metabolic Reactions

For Teachers 7th
This unit on metabolic reactions in the human body starts out with students exploring a real case study of a middle-school girl named M'Kenna, who reported some alarming symptoms to her doctor.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: American Masters: Alice Waters: You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Examine eating habits and determine how one can eat food that is healthier and tastier. Develop a proposal and multimedia presentation about improving the quality of food in the school.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: What Are Our Nation's Priorities Regarding Hunger?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Identify government funded food programs in the community. Students will consider facts about monies funded to support food for children in the United States and evaluate the ethics in organizations that give prizes to support feeding...
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Other

University of Reading: Foodlaw Reading

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives details about each piece of information required on an individual food label in the United Kingdom.