Health Education - 1st Grade
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Strand 5: NUTRITION (N)

Students will learn how to fuel their body with healthy food choices.

Standard 1.N.1:

Recognize major food groups, including water, and list a variety of healthy foods in each group.

• 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.

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