Nutrition Education Resources - High School Nutrition Lessons

High School (9-12)

Nutrition Essentials:
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/nut_essentials.pdf
This 2007 resource from USDA’s Team Nutrition contains lesson plans, student worksheets, informational handouts and more to help students make food and physical activity choices that support healthy living.  Hard copies of this resource have been sent to schools enrolled in the Team Nutrition program.  The entire document is also available online as a pdf file.

Eat to Be Fit: Nutrition Informational Handouts --
Eat to be Fit is a series of twelve informational handouts for teenagers. These handouts address various nutrition topics that were identified by teens to be of most interest and importance to them.
http://www.opi.mt.gov/Health/fit.html

California Project LEAN Resource Library
http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/resourcelibrary/
Here you will find several terrific resources.  Jump Start Teens is a series of lesson plans for teens on nutrition and physical activity – these resources have been recently updated.   Playing the Policy Game Advocacy Guide is a tool kit intended to help teens interested in making policy change supporting healthy eating and active living.

Nutrition Education for Texas
http://netx.squaremeals.org
Here you will find quick links to lesson plans and nutrition information for many topics and grade levels.  All materials align with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Kids Health in the Classroom
http://classroom.kidshealth.org/
This website has curriculum materials, categorized by grades, covering many areas of health.

PBS Teacher Source:  Health and Fitness
www.pbs.org/teachersource/healthandfitness
Here you will find lesson plans and online activities on many health and fitness topic – plus professional development opportunities tied to PBS programming!

Center for Young Women’s Health:  Nutrition and Fitness
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/nutrition_menu.html
The Center for Young Women’s Health at Children’s Hospital Boston provides teen girls and young women with carefully researched health information.  There is lots of great information on general nutrition, sports nutrition, overall fitness and eating disorders. 

Discovering the Food System:  An Experiential Learning Program for Young and Inquiring Minds
http://foodsys.cce.cornell.edu
Here you will find an online curriculum for youth ages 12 to 18.  Curriculum investigates the entire food system from farm to table and how we, as eaters, are involved in this system.  Entire program is downloadable and free!

Destination Wellness:  You’re in the Driver’s Seat
www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/schoolnutrition/Destination_Wellness.htm
Here you will find eight lessons that are aligned with national standards for health education in nutrition for high school students.  Lessons are interactive and include a variety of hands-on activities.

Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger
(from the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations)
http://www.feedingminds.org/
Here you will find a virtual classroom with excellent lesson plans addressing the global problems of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.  The site contains lesson plans, resources and even an interactive forum for students to exchange information with students around the globe.

USDA-FNS Child Nutrition Materials Database
http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/schoolmeals/Resource_Cafe/Resource_Search.php
This site will link you to free and other materials from a wide variety of resources.  It has a search function that allows you to search for materials according to target audience, publication dates, topic and more.