Food & Nutrition
Note that all lessons come on a flash drive.
Eating for Your Eyes
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the role nutrition plays in helping prevent diabetic eye disease. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Eating for Your Eyes
Eating for Your Eyes II: Diabetic Retinopathy
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the role nutrition plays in helping prevent macular degeneration. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Eating for Your Eyes II
Food Safety Discussion Map
This interactive board game allows 4 to 6 participants to answer questions about food safety from the field/garden to the table. It includes all the game pieces, complete directions and an evaluation. The game has been shown to be effective in increasing knowledge and improving behavior among participants and was published in the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Kids Baking School Curriculum
The curriculum is provided on a flash drive with reproducible handouts and other material. The curriculum consists of five lesson plans with hands-on science-based activities, a workbook with recipes, picture-based recipes, additional Extension handouts, PowerPoint presentations and survey evaluation tools.
Know Your Medications
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, teaching script with structured activities, handout and a survey evaluation. The lesson was designed based on the input of 400 registered pharmacists and includes a description of some key food/drug interactions, storage/disposal guidelines and activities related to understanding directions on prescription and nonprescription medication containers. It also provides sources of additional information.
Nourish Your Muscles
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping maintain muscle strength, endurance and flexibility. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Nourish Your Muscles
Nourish Your Skin
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping maintain skin health. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Nourish Your Skin
Nourish Your Bones and Joints
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping prevent bone and joint issues. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Nourish Your Bones and Joints
Nourish Your Brain
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Nourish Your Brain.
Nourish Your Digestive System
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping maintain digestive system health. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Nourish Your Digestive System
Nourish Your Heart
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping maintain heart health. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys.
Nourish Your Immune System
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping maintain immune system health. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys. A sample handout is available at Nourish Your Immune System
On the Move to Better Health
This teaching kit includes a PowerPoint presentation, script, handouts, structured activities and recipes that teach participants the roles nutrition and fitness play in helping maintain skin health. The Flashdrive includes all teaching resources, including evaluation surveys.
On the Move to Better Health Junior
This five-lesson curriculum is designed for second-graders. It aims to improve dietary quality (especially an increase in fruits, vegetables) in children’s diets and improve fitness habits through goal setting and hands-on activities. Parents receive newsletters and participate in goal setting and other family-based activities. The Flashdrive includes all lessons and handouts.
Teens Serving Food Safely
This five-lesson curriculum is designed to improve teens’ food handling knowledge and skills based on the four steps to food safety (clean, separate, cook and chill). The curriculum includes experiments, discussions and hands-on activities to promote safe food handling and the use of thermometers in home and community-based settings. The Flashdrive includes all lessons and handouts.