Classroom Content Area: Social Emotional Learning

#7: Advocates Can Change the World!

In this lesson, students will celebrate all they have learned as SnackTime Explorers. Using all they have learned they can become advocates. They will explore ways they can use their newly acquired skills and knowledge to make a positive impact on others and encourage them to try new foods.

#6: Choosing Feel-Good Foods

In this lesson, students will learn that they can make choices about what foods to eat and what foods will make their bodies feel good. Students will examine a food and figure out if the fruit or vegetable looks like it does when it grows or if it has changed. They will learn that processed […]

#5: Food Can Help Our Bodies

In this lesson, students will learn that all foods help our bodies in different ways, and that we all feed our bodies in different ways. Students will talk about how foods feed our whole bodies; our bones, muscles, brain and heart. As they sample the food, they will discuss how that food impacts their health.

#4: Making Up Our Own Minds About Foods

In this lesson, students will learn that people can be influenced to try or not try certain foods. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable and try not to influence others’ opinion with their words or facial expressions. They will think about internal and external influences. They will practice making up their own minds about […]

#3: Foods Have Favorite Seasons

In this lesson, students will learn that food and environment are interconnected by discussing the idea of seasonality. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable and learn that it has a favorite season. They will describe the food with words and pictures and discuss the conditions that help that fruit or vegetable grow best.

#2: Learning How Food Grows

In this lesson, students will learn that foods have sources and origins. They will learn that foods are grown, harvested and used in different ways. Additionally, they will learn that foods have their own unique histories and stories. We all have our own personal histories and stories with foods as well.

#1: Connecting Through Food

In this lesson, students will participate in a shared tasting experience. While tasting produce together, students will learn that food is something that connects us all. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable, learn about the produce and reflect. Students will learn that different people will have different food experiences and preferences, and practice respectful […]

#7: SnackTime Experts Can Change the World!

In this lesson, students will celebrate all they have learned as SnackTime Explorers. They will explore ways they can use their newfound knowledge and skills to make a positive impact on others and encourage them to try new foods. Students will sample a fruit or vegetable and practice using an expert voice to discuss their […]

#6: Processed or Unprocessed?

#5: Food Impacts Health

In this lesson, students will learn that foods help build our bodies in different ways. Students will examine various parts of their bodies and talk about how food feeds not just our stomachs, but the rest of our bodies as well. As they try the food, they will discuss how that food impacts their health.

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