Education Programs
Nutrition and Lifeskills for Missouri Families
State
of Missouri Education Standards
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Curriculum Summaries: |
| Pre-School |
| Kindergarten |
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Chef
Combo's Fantastic Adventures |
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First Grade |
| Fun with Food & Fitness |
| Second Grade |
| Building My Pyramid |
| Professor Popcorn |
| Pyramid Café |
| Third Grade |
| Building My Body |
| Fourth Grade |
| Choosing Foods for Me |
| Professor Popcorn |
| Pyramid Explorations |
| Fifth Grade |
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Exploring the Food Guide Pyramid |
| Sixth Grade |
| Digging Deeper |
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Exercise Your Options |
| Seventh–Eighth Grade |
| Choices and Challenges |
| Hooked on Health |
| Exercise Your Options |
| Ninth–Twelfth Grade |
| The Balancing Act |
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Pregnant and Parenting Teens |
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Teenage Moms |
| Special Focus Programs |
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Healthy Body Image |
| This is Your Life! |
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Exploring
the Food Pyramid
with Professor Popcorn
A nutrition education program for elementary school youth
Exploring the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn is available in two levels. There are seven lessons in each level. Lesson one introduces the Food Pyramid, lessons 2-6 each focus on a different food group, and lesson seven centers on the tip of the Pyramid. The lessons encourage children to make healthy choices and become more aware of the importance of exercise. There are many activities, games, and snack preparations included in the lessons.
Level One - grades 1-3
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Exploring the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn - Why we eat what we do, introduce pyramid, plant & animal food sources, & hand washing.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a; IIIA: 3a, 4a) -
Go for the Grain! - Grain group, serving sizes, sugar in cereal, exercise and pulse rate. (Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a)
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Eat 3 Every Day! - Vegetable group, keeping food safe, prepare vegetable snack.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a) -
Going Bananas Over Fruit! - Fruit group, sometimes and anytime snacks, food storage, fruit snack using a can opener.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a) -
Milk Calcium for All It’s Worth! - Milk group, calcium for strong bones, chicken bone in vinegar experiment, label reading, food safety.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a) -
Muscles Need Meat - Meat group, beef or pork? fat in foods, fast foods, Tic Tac Toe game.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a; IVA: 1a, 5a; VA: 6b) -
The Final Tip: Easy Does It! - The “other” food group, smart food choices, using less salt, popcorn snack.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 2a)
Level Two – grades 4-6
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Exploring the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn - Introduce pyramid, food classification, serving size, one day food recall, hand washing. (Show-Me Standard: IIB: 1a, 1b, 2a; IIA: 4a; IID: 1a)
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Go for the Grain! - Grain group, carbohydrates, starch experiment, nutritious breakfasts, exercise and pulse rate. (Show-Me Standard: IIA: 2a IIB: 1a, 1b, 3a;)
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Dip ‘em, Dunk ‘em...eat 3 everyday! - Vegetable group, calories, preparation and serving methods to reduce fat & calories, vegetable snack. (Show-Me Standard: IIB: 1b, 2b, 3a)
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Going Bananas Over Fruit! - Fruit group, RDA’s, pop & fruit drinks, sugar in pop, use of can openers. (Show-Me Standard: IIB: 1b, 2b, 3a, 4a)
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Milk Calcium for All It’s Worth! - Milk group, calcium & bones, chicken bone/ vinegar experiment, label reading, food safety. (Show-Me Standard: IIB: 1b, 2b, 3a, 4a; IIC: 1b)
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Build Muscles with Meats & Proteins - Meat group, protein, fat in foods, experiment, fast foods, Tic, Tac, Toe game.
(Show-Me Standard: IIB: 1b, 2b, 3a, 4a) -
The Final Tip: Easy Does It! - “Other” group, smart food choices, choosing less salt, popcorn snack. (Show-Me Standard: IIB: 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a)
Family Nutrition Education
Programs, University of Missouri
1205 University Avenue, Suite 300,
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573.882.9760 Fax: 573.884.5449
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HES Extension Site Manager |