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Food for Me is ideal for junior high health and wellness teachers seeking interactive, hands-on nutrition lessons. It's an engaging, ready-to-use nutrition program with four lessons designed to help students plan enjoyable meals and snacks.
The key topics covered in each lesson:
🌟 LESSON 1: The Building Blocks of Meals and Snacks
Students practise creating meals and snacks that feature foods from the Canada’s Food Guide (CFG) Plate.
🌟 LESSON 2: Exploring Variety
Students explore how choosing a variety of vegetables and fruits, whole grain foods, and protein foods helps their bodies get the nutrients they need.
🌟 LESSON 3: Factors That Affect Food Choices
Students examine how various personal needs and available resources influence their food choices.
🌟 LESSON 4: Food Truck Frenzy
Students apply their knowledge of the CFG Plate, food variety, and influencing factors to develop a food truck menu.
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Language:
English
(Click here for French version)Availability :
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Cost :
FREE
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One kit includes 30 student workbooks, one teacher guide, and a set of nutrient graphs. If you need more than the max order number, contact us at teach@dfc-plc.ca.
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What sets Food for Me apart?
🌟 Trusted and Curriculum-Aligned
Food for Me is recognized by the Ellyn Satter Institute for its supportive approach to nutrition education and alignment with Eating Competence principles. It’s also endorsed by PHE Saskatchewan for its alignment with the Saskatchewan Health Education curriculum and focus on Inquiry for Healthy Decision Making—making it a trusted, evidence-based choice for your classroom.
💡 Why Teachers Love Food for Me
🌱 Benefits for Students
What's inside Food for Me?
Food for Me: Teacher Guide and Curriculum Connections
Teacher Guide and Curriculum Connections make nutrition lessons clear and structured.
Food for Me: Student Workbook
Student Workbook pairs with Teacher Guide and slides for hands-on food literacy learning.
Food for Me Lesson 1: The Building Blocks of Meals and Snacks
Students create meals and snacks using foods from the Canada’s Food Guide Plate.
Food for Me: Lesson 2 - Exploring Variety
Students explore how a variety of foods helps them get the nutrients they need.
Food for Me: Lesson 3 - Factors that Affect Food Choices
Students explore how needs and resources can influence food choices.
Food for Me: Lesson 4 - Food Truck Frenzy
Students apply all they’ve learned in Food for Me by developing a creative food truck menu.