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Strand 5: NUTRITION (N)

Students will learn how to fuel their body with healthy food choices.
  • After-School Nutrition Curriculum for Elementary Students
    This curriculum was designed as a comprehensive nutrition program that aims to increase nutrition education and combat food insecurity amongst elementary students. This curriculum was not designed to eradicate food insecurity, but rather to educate and influence students to make healthy food choices. When students meet, they will participate in activities such as general nutrition education, recipe education and implementation, as well as visiting local community resources that can aid them, and their families, to healthy food and meal choices or options.
  • After-School Nutrition Curriculum for Elementary Students (Spanish Version)
    This curriculum was designed as a comprehensive nutrition program that aims to increase nutrition education and combat food insecurity amongst elementary students. This curriculum was not designed to eradicate food insecurity, but rather to educate and influence students to make healthy food choices. When students meet, they will participate in activities such as general nutrition education, recipe education and implementation, as well as visiting local community resources that can aid them, and their families, to healthy food and meal choices or options.
  • First Grade Health Resources Guide
    The Resource Guides for Health Education were created by teachers, community partners and health education specialists to support teachers in each grade. These guides have sample activities and reliable resources for each standard. This is not intended to be curriculum, and all curriculum must be approved at the local level.


UEN logo http://www.uen.org - in partnership with Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and Utah System of Higher Education (USHE).  Send questions or comments to USBE Specialist - Jodi  Parker and see the Health Education website. For general questions about Utah's Core Standards contact the Director - Jennifer  Throndsen.

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