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Healthful Eating
Provided by: Educated Choices Program |Published on: March 31, 2023
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Synopsis
- This educational resource connects food choices, human health, and the many environmental impacts of food production.
- It includes a detailed video, discussion prompts, a classroom activity, a post-video quiz, and a lesson plan.
- Students will learn about a myriad of environmental issues that are connected to our diets, the health risks associated with certain foods or diets, and how people can improve their health and help the planet.
Subjects: Biology, Mathematics, Health
Authors: Educated Choices Program
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The video included in this resource is thorough and entertaining.
- The accompanying materials are helpful for utilizing the video in the classroom.
Additional Prerequisites
- In order to access this resource, click "Book Now." You'll need to fill out a brief survey, which takes about two minutes, then you will be provided a link and password to access the resource.
- You will need to save the links provided to access the resources again.
- Use the timestamp document to help you navigate the video.
Differentiation
- Biology classes and health classes can use this lesson and video to support lessons about food, digestion, cellular respiration, metabolism, and macromolecules.
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in social studies classes that are discussing the differences between cultures when it comes to diet and food production or in language arts classes working on essays on any of the topics covered in the video.
- Use the discussion prompts to drive conversations after viewing the video. This can be done in a whole-class setting or by assigning each prompt to a group of students to discuss and share their thinking with the entire group.
- The suggested activities are all great, but "Examine the Environmental Footprint of Individual Diets" would be an eye-opening endeavor for many students.
- Students may also enjoy the activism component in checking the sustainability of the food provided at their school.
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About the Partner Provider
Educated Choices Program
Educated Choices Program is an academic non-profit organization offering free science-based education programs around the globe discussing the impacts of food choices on human and planetary health. To date, they have reached over 2.6 million students and community members with this valuable and life-changing information and have a proven success rate of nearly 50% in empowering participants to make healthful and environmentally sustainable dietary changes.
Their digital programs are offered in English, Spanish and German and discuss topics including personal health, public health, climate change, pollution, deforestation and their links to animal agriculture. They also discuss alternative proteins and food technologies that hold the power to help reinvent our food system, and they offer practical solutions to help participants move towards a more plant-rich diet.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
