Curated OER
5 A Day
Students explore written music. In this cross-curriculum health and music instructional activity, students sing a "5 a Day" song about fruits and vegetables. Students clap a steady rhythm and identify written quarter notes in...
US Department of Agriculture
U.s. Department of Agriculture: Choose My Plate
The U.S. Government's official resource for sound nutritional information points out that eating right can be as simple as increasing some categories of foods while reducing others. Basic information on food groups combined with...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Fruit and Veggies Matter
Learners explore fruits and vegetables. The activity includes a questionnaire that asks an individual's age, sex, and level of physical activity to determine the fruits and vegetables needed in an individual's diet. The resource consists...
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Produce for Better Health Foundation: Food Champs: Fruit and Veggie Champs
Advice, recipes, tips, nutrition information, games, and activities to help kids learn why it's so important to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Tips to Help You Eat Vegetables
Make eating vegetables easy for any meal. This website includes tips for purchasing vegetables, making sure your choices are healthy, and getting kids to eat vegetables.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Food Fun
Alphabet fun and food-related activities introduce young learners to produce they might not be familiar with.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Cool Treats, You Can Have It All
Eat fruits and vegetables every day. This website will help you do just that. Learn simple recipes for healthy dips, salads, smoothies, desserts, and veggie dishes, all of which are packed with the vitamins you need to stay healthy.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: All About the Vegetable Group
Learn about the vegetable group, including what foods are vegetables and how much of each type counts as a serving. Three broccoli spears counts as a cup of vegetables, as do one large ear of corn, and two large stalks of celery. What...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Food for Thought: Vegetable Group
Here, you can read up on the nutritional values of vegetables and on various ways to prepare vegetables to "Help your child enjoy," eating them. Also, get children eager to eat their vegetables by involving them in the kitchen and food...
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Bok Choy
A common cabbage-like green found in several Chinese dishes is bok choy. Find nutritional values and ways to select and prepare this leafy vegetable.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Kale
A newer superfood consumed in baby and full maturation growth is chock-full of nutritional values, found in many varieties, and prepared in a number of ways featured in this entry.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Sweet Potato
A sweet potato, often on the table around the winter holidays, is loaded with nutritional value. Find out how to select a good tuber as well as ideas of how to prepare the sweet starch.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Celery Root
Identify a celery root, know its nutritional values, and try making celery root dip all featured in this entry.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Red Beets
Red beet cake? Yes! Find a recipe for it and the nutritional information as well as tips for selecting good beets in this entry.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Vegetables
At this site from the University of Massachusetts you can read about vegetables, which are high in nutritional value but low in fat. After reading this brief article, take a quiz to test your knowledge of the vegetable food group.