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Nutrition Lesson Plans

Our K-12 sequential curriculum, turnkey nutrition lesson plans are: 

  • easy to teach
  • aligned to standards
  • proven to influence students' healthy choices
  • focused on five food groups
  • FREE to California Teachers
 		  
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Fun, Engaging +
Effective

Classroom Programs

Teachers who use our nutrition programs report that their students:

  • Have fun learning about nutrition
  • Start eating breakfast
  • Make healthy food choices in the cafeteria and at home.

Easy-To-Use +
Credible



  • Lesson plans and extension activities make it easy to teach nutrition
  • A 30-minute teacher training makes it easier!
  • Programs are aligned to Common Core State Standards and the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
 
 

Classroom Programs

Dairy Council of California K-12 nutrition curriculum aligns with California education standards and can easily integrate into your units on Math, Social Science, Health, Language Arts and Physical Education.

Each grade level has a specific curriculum with six to ten nutrition lessons. The lessons were created using a behavior-change model that encourages healthy-eating behaviors and attitudes in your students. Students can practice lifelong health skills like decision making, analyzing influences and setting goals.

Developed with real teachers, our nutrition lesson plans have been created to be fun, easy and impactful. Each program is evaluated for results so you can feel confident your valuable class time is used effectively.

Select a grade level from the drop down menu on the right to learn more about each program.

Building a Healthy Me! Healthy Choices, Healthy Me! Healthy Choices, Healthy Me! Shaping Up My Choices Nutrition Pathfinders Nutrition Pathfinders Exercise Your Options Activity + Eating!

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Teacher and students partner for health and academic success
Rave Reviews
Thank you very much for providing such a well planned and engaging program! I found it so valuable that I will now begin the year with it and continue my students' health focus all year. My students really enjoyed it and complained that we only did it for the last month of school!

It has given them the necessary information to make wiser food choices for themselves and teach their families.

My students come away with a good knowledge about healthy eating. They bring healthier snacks and I hear that more of them are eating breakfast.

Tested + Credible

Program Evaluation Reports

In addition to aligning to education standards, each of our nutrition education programs
underwent rigorous field testing with teachers and students to ensure that students gained
knowledge and exhibited positive behavior-change.

Choose a grade-level below to review reports for each program.


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