Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool - Grade 6, Adults, Educators
Description: 365 Activities for Fitness, Food, and Fun for the Whole Family features activities that will hoist young spuds off the couch and get them participating in games, exercises, and healthy recipes they will love. Best of all, the activities are designed to be fun for the whole family, strengthening family bonds, as well as improving everyone's health.
Pub. Date: 2001
Time/length: 383 pages
# of Copies: 1
Source: Contemporary Books

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: K-5
Description: Each activity is a creative, fun learning experience about healthy food choices, nutrients & more.
Time/Length: 50 pgs
Number of copies: 1

1 Copy

Media: Flashcards
Audience: Educators, Children 1-7 y/o
Description: Though 5-a-Day has changed to Fruit and Veggies: More Matters, these colorful cards are too classic to become obsolete. Featuring pictures of a fruit or vegetable on the front and name and color group on the back, these are great for showing children the wide array of produce available.
Pub. Date: 2004
Length: n/a
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Produce for Better Health Foundation

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-12 y/o
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: This book discusses growing a vegetable garden. It identifies the basic steps in preparing the soil, planting, and growing carrots, radishes, potatoes, zucchini, and beans. Included is a recipe for vegetable salad.
Time/length: 25 pages
Number of Copies: 2
Source: Ragged Bear

2 Copies

Media: Video Tape with Discussion Guide
Audience: Children 5-9 y/o, Educators
Pub. Date: 1987
Description: This fun kid's video details a day at a dairy farm from breakfast to milking. The use of a milking machine will have your kids entranced with amazement! Narrated by a young boy, complete with a folk inspired soundtrack, the movement of milk from cow to grocer is shown. Baling hay, feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, and feeding the hogs are a few other attractions. Great video to show kids the dynamics of a small dairy farm.
Length: 14 minutes
Number of Copies: 5
Source: American Educational Products, Inc.

5 Copies

Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool - Grade 6
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: In Alexander and the Great Food Fight, Alexander's afternoon snacking choice becomes a heated argument between some feisty fruit about which is the best for Alexander's young, growing body. Children will love the many colorful characters, which include grumpy Mrs. Grape Cluster, the bossy Mr. Pineapple, and the very argumentative Mr. Orange. This delightful story, with its many bright and engaging illustrations, helps to make learning about good nutrition fun.
Time/length: 39 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Heart to Heart Publishing

1 Copy

Title: Alexander and the Great Vegetable Feud
Media: Book
Target Audience: 7-13 years old
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: This book is about a boy who doesn't like vegetables, but finds himself in a conversation with a broccoli, a carrot, a cauliflower, an onion, a tomato, and a bell pepper. They argue about who is better for the body, and discuss the health benefits of each vegetable and the body's use of vitamins and minerals. A recipe for a veggie pasta salad is provided at the end.
Time/length: 39 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Nutrition Ed., Elementary School, Middle School, Food Preparation and Presentation, Book

1 Copy

Media: Book, children's paperback
Audience: Toddlers through early elementary school, 3-8 yo
Description: A bright and colorful picture book, All Our Fruits and Vegetables depicts a class of young children as they plant a vegetable garden, visit an orchard, and eat the fruits of their labor. Throughout, variety and trying new types of fruits and vegetables is depicted. This is a wonderfully illustrated book to encourage children to try fruits and veggies from a young age.
Pub. Date: 1996
Length: 31 pages
Number of Copies: 2
Source: My Hands Media

2 Copies

Title: American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool-Grade 6, Adults, Educators
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: Written with the full support of the American Dietetic Association, the American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids arms you with practical skills to make sure your kids are eating right even when they're not under your roof. Jodie Shield and Mary Catherine Mullen are mothers, as well as registered dietitians with more than twenty years of professional experience in childhood nutrition. Their five-star system offers hands-on advice on how to turn eating dilemmas into fun, nutritionally educational opportunities. Whether your child is a breakfast skipper, an unreasonable eater, a lunch trader, or even a snack-a-holic, you'll find fast, real-life solutions for transforming eating habits, including:
Banishing brown bag boredom; Secrets of successful family meals; Smart snacks for hungry kids; The top nutrition mistakes parents make; Fueling your grade-schooler for fitness; The principles of menu planning;
Breakfast basics for busy families; Teaching smart nutrition to your young athlete; Developing a gold-star feeding relationship with your child.
Time/length: 228 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Adult, Children's Activities and Projects, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Nutrition Education, Book
Source: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-8 y/o
Description: Describes a variety of apples, and uses them to introduce fractions.
Pub. Date: 2002
Time/length: 30 pages
Number of Copies: 1

1 Copy

Media: CD & Leader Materials
Audience: Elementary
Description: Hold on and get ready for a trip around the globe with expert sleuths Arianna Bones and Marcus Muscleman. Students solve nutrition mysteries to learn about healthy eating in Antarctica, on the Orient Express and at other exciting venues. During this eight-activity program that supports both the 2005 and 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate, and supplements your language arts and health curricula, students record their global adventures in nutrition journals.
Copies: 1

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Title:BAC Atack! How Our School Fought BAC for Food Safety
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Activities
Audience: Children, Grades 4-6
Description: This hands-on activity kit teaches students about food safety. Each kit includes video, posters, experiments, activities, home survey and take-home BAC-Catchers. The video highlights the appropriate steps for safe food preparation through investigative reporting done by two kids for their school newspaper after a basketball team pinic left kids and coaches sick.
Pub. Date: 1999
Length: 20 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: The Partnership for Food Safety Education

1 Copy

Title: Body Talk 2
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Educator's, Ages 8-11
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: This video focuses on age-specific body esteem issues, including puberty, dieting, teasing, and trying to fit in. Children from diverse backgrounds, shapes and sizes talk about their changing bodies and building their self-esteem. Facilitator's guide included.
Length: 20 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Culture and Nutrition, Other, Middle School, Elementary School, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Body Positive

1 Copy

Title: Body Talk 3
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: 6-9 y/o Elementary School Children, Educators
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: This video teaches children that health can come at any size; to eat when they are hungry and stop when they are full; and to move because it feels good. Children of diverse backgrounds, shapes and sizes talk about being teased because of how they look; solutions for those situations; why eating healthy is beneficial and why exercise is fun. Facilitator's guide included.
Length: 20 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Other, Nutrition Education, Elementary School, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Body Positive

1 Copy

Title:Breakfast Clubbies: Video and Activity Kit
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Activity Guide, and 5 Plush Toys
Audience: 3-7 y/o Children, Educator's, and Day Care Providers
Pub. Date: 1991
Description:Special guest Cathy Rigby promotes a fun, musical and educational tool to expose young children to healthy eating habits. This activity kit consists of four short videos, each approximately 6-11 minutes in length. This series of episodes focuses on the importance of eating breakfast,the importance of exercise, ways to make breakfast and different kinds of breakfast around the world. The videos consist of four children, five animate food characters, two adults and Cathy Rigby in a community center setting. The kit is appropriate for children ages 3-7. Children are exposed to postitive attitudes about health, basic skills (language, math, social) and other cultures. A Teacher's Guide including 40 fun activities accompanies the videos. Also, 5 plush toys of the "food groupies" are available to make the activities tangible.
Length: 4 - 6-11 minute videos, 57 page teacher's activity guide
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Nutrition Education, Children's Activities and Projects, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: Food Groupie, Inc.

1 Copy

Media: DVD w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Children ages 7-12, Educators
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: This bright and catchy video is aimed directly at kids and introduces basic healthy habits. Three different areas are emphasized: MyPyramid and the different food groups, moderation of less healthy food choices, and ways to keep your body active. This is a great video to get kids excited about nutrition and health. Includes a teacher's guide that includes lessons perfect for the K-6 class.
Length: 9 minutes
Number of Copies: 2
Source: Injoy Videos

2 Copies

Description: The Family Bookbag is a complete educational resource that provides students in grades K-2 and their families with an opportunity to have fun reading together while learning about eating healthy and being physically active. It includes a set of fun recipe cards and tip sheet with nutrition advice that are the family's to keep (30 copies of both included) as well as 30 large plastic ziploc bags to send home additional materials (suggestions included). The books contained inside address healthy eating and physical activity. They are: The Milk Makers, The Busy Body Book, I Will Not Never Eat A Tomato, Oh the Things You Can Do That Are Good for You!, and Yoko. The set also contains an educator's guide with tips on helping set up and sustaining a family bookbag program and a parent letter. Promote healthy living and reading with this inovative combination.
Media: Red, zippered bag with 5 paperback children's books, and take home recipes/tip sheet
Audience: Children K-2, Parents
Pub. Date: 2005
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Michigan State University Extension

1 Copy

Title: Farmer's Market
Media: Book
Target Audience: Kindergarten to Grade 6
Pub. Date: 2001
Description: Where can you buy the freshest fruit, vegetables, and flowers from the people who grow them? Head to the Farmer's Market! The authors present a colorful, behind-the-scenes look at two families who run stalls at a Midwestern farmer's market. By following the families home to their farms and greenhouses, you'll see how everyone works together to grow the foods and flowers that fill the market throughout the spring, summer, and early fall.
Time/length: 48 pages
Number of Copies: 2
Classifications: Book, Culture and Nutrition, Early Childhood, Elementary, Food Preparation and Presentation, Nutrition Education
Source: Carolrhoda Books, Inc. /Minneapolis

2 Copies

Title: Food Allergy Field Guide - A Lifestyle Manual for Families
Media: Book, paperback
Audience: Educators, Parents of Children with Food Allergies, Teenagers, 13% 2B y/o
Pub. Date: 2000
Description: *Old Food Guide Pyramid Disclaimer*The old version of the Food Guide Pyramid (which has since been replaced by MyPyramid) is used in this book. Make sure to note the newer version and its improvements when using as a resource.
"Eat different without seeming different." As a parent of a child with a food allergy, helping them to fit in with their peers can be hard, especially when it comes to food. Childhood is full of all kinds of food "rights of passage," ice cream, pizza, not to mention the trials of the school cafeteria. The Food Allergy Field Guide provides information about most of the major food allergies afflicting people in the United States-including wheat, eggs, peanuts, corn, soy, dairy, and tree nuts. The ages cover range from toddlers through middle and high school aged children. Case studies illustrate the point at hand and are interspersed between pleasant to read narrative. Celiac disease is discussed as is the difference between a food intolerance and a food allergy. The controversial, possible role of casein and gluten in autism is presented as well. The second half of the book has recommendations for substitutions of different ingredients in favorite recipes and many recipes developed for specific food allergies. Finally, a series of convenient fact sheets on corn, egg, soy, wheat, dairy, and peanut allergies is included in the back along with numerous resources for coping with food allergies.
Length: 279
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Elementary, Secondary, Middle School, Early Childhood, Special Diets, Nutrition Education, Food Preparation and Presentation, Food Analysis, Book, Culture and Nutrition, Menu Planning and Production, Cookbook
Source: Savory Palate, Inc.

1 Copy

Title: Food for Fifty-Eleventh Edition
Media: Book, hardcover
Audience: Adult, Food Service Workers, Food Service Management, Dietitians, grades 12+
Pub. Date: 2001
Description: The classic quantity food production resource comes around for an 11th edition. Filled with over 600 pages of recipes for quantity food production and bright, full color photographs, Food for Fifty the 11th Edition is as pleasing to the eye as its contents will be to your customers. Not only does Food for Fifty have recipes, it is full of other useful information, including measurement conversions, how to adjust recipes, discussions of different food service styles, menu planning procedures, college, elementary, secondary, and hospital foodservice, and how to prepare special meals such as banquets. A full set of appendices address evaluating food quality, religious food customs, the use of herbs and spices, potentially hazardous foods, and suggested menu items. A glossary of cooking terms and index that covers every recipe round out the 11th edition.
Length: 766
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Food Service Management, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Purchasing, Food Safety and Sanitation, Food Service Equipment, Elementary, Secondary, Middle School, Special Diets, Nutrition Education, Training Resource, Cookbook
Source: Prentice Hall

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Media: game
Target Audience: Elementary
Pub. Date: 1989
Description: a simple dice game involving observation and repetition-through-play, provides a simple introduction to fractions.
Contents: 4 fruit salad plates, a fraction die & 15 cardboard pieces representing fractions of apples, pears, oranges and melons.
Number of copies: 1 Classifications: Elementary school, children's activities and projects, other

1 Copy

Title: Gobble Up Math
Media: Book, paperback
Target Audience: Grades K-3
Length:136
Pub. Date: 1994
Description:A fun way to do math with food! Gobble Up Math is an activity book suitable for early primary grades that uses food as a tool to learn mathematical concepts such as fractions, geometry, patterns, sets, measurements, and number operations. Recipes are included for things like edible play dough. The old food guide pyramid is used in some activities, but the concept of food groups is the primary use of the pyramid. This aspect has been retained in the new MyPyramid system, so the book is still perfectly relevant to today's children. A bibliography of other interactive math books is given at the end of the book as well.
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Book, Elementary School, Nutrition Education, Food Analysis, Children's Activities and Projects
Source: Creative Teaching Press, Inc.

1 Copy

Title: Gobble Up Science
Media: Book, paperback
Audience: Grades 1-4
Pub. Date: 1996
Description:Using the wonderful science of food, Gobble Up Science features activities designed to reinforce scientific principles through edible activity. The science of water, the 5 senses, crystals, reactions, digestion, color, mixtures, and more are explored. Examples of activities include "Milk-Magic" and "Egg-citing Dyes." Numerous recipes are included, each pertaining to the activity at hand. The old food guide pyramid is used in some activities, but the concept of food groups is the primary use of the pyramid. This aspect has been retained in the new MyPyramid system, so the book is still relevant to today's children. Gobble Up Science is a tasty and fun way to learn about the world around us through food science.
Length:136
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Book, elementary school, nutrition education, food preparation and presentation, food analysis
Source: Creative Teaching Press, Inc.

1 Copy

Developed by the National Gardening Association and written and field-tested by educators, this complete curriculum uses fun, illustrated activities to explore plant life cycles, examine plant diversity, and investigate the interdependence of plants, humans, and other living and nonliving things. K-8

1 Copy

Title: The Growing Classroom
Media: Book, Training Resource
Target Audience: Grade 2-6
Description: A teacher's manual featuring step-by-step instructions and strategies for setting up a garden-based science program and outdoor classroom activities. Topics include planning a garden laboratory, facilitating investigative lessons on ecology and nutrition, and involving the community.

1 Copy

Title: Growing Colors
Media: Book
Target Audience: Toddler to Preschool
Pub. Date: 1988
Description: From green peas to red raspberries, from vegetables that grow in the ground to fruits that grow above the ground, a magnificent garden of color and growth awaits.
Time/length: 32 pages
Number of Copies: 3
Classifications: Book, Early Childhood, Nutrition Education, Elementary school
Source: HarperCollins Publisher

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: Grades 4-6
Pub Date: 2007
Description: Learning science through the study of our fascinating food production system. Students learn about cycles in nature, flow of energy, and food systems while engaging in hands-on investigations of photosynthesis, food webs, agriculture, and more. Includes teacher lesson plans, background information, teaching tips, and tools for assessment; student activity sheets and readings; and a matrix mapping the book to National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Time/Length: 256 pages
Number of Copies: 1

1 Copy

Title: Growing Vegetable Soup
Media: Book
Target Audience: Toddler to Kindergarten
Pub. Date: 1987
Description: This book describes how vegetables grow and how to make vegetable soup with the vegetables you have grown.
Time/length: 31 pages
Number of copies: 3 in English and 1 in Spanish
Classifications: Book, Cookbook, Early Childhood, Food Preparation and Presentation, Elementary School
Source: Voyager Books

4 Copies

Title: Have Fun and Be Active
Media: DVD
Target Audience: Grades Preschool-6, Educators, Adults
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: Celebrate the many faces of joy and love with the family physical activity video. All families benefit from being physically active. The Have Fun and Be Active video encourages families to choose a healthy, active lifestyle. Parents, grandparents, and young children, from a variety of cultures are depicted having fun being physically active. Developmentally appropriate activities are coordinated with lively music to give families affordable and creative ways to be physically active inside and outside the house.
Time/length: 30 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Children?s Activities and Projects, DVD, Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School
Source: AbridgeClub.com

1 Copy

Packed with basic gardening information that includes growing techniques, food safety, healthy eating tips, and nutritious snack food preparation. This book is a great tool for educators who use garden programs to teach students about health, nutrition, food safety, and wise decision-making skills. Grades 3-5.

1 Copy

Media: Book
Publ Date: 2003
Description: Guide offers 45 experiential activities that help children understand more about nutrition, agriculture, and recycling.
Audience: K-6, Educators
Time/Length: 256 pgs
Copies: 2

1 Copy

Title: How to Get Your Kid to Eat, But Not Too Much
Media: Book
Target Audience: Adults, Educators, Infants-Grade 12
Pub. Date: 1987
Description: This book teaches simple ground rules for developing healthy, happy eating habits. By building on natural instinct, this book teaches that children will get what they need nutritionally, but makes clear where a parent must establish rules and take charge.
Time/length: 396 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Book, Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Nutrition Education, Secondary
Source: Bull Publishing Co.

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: Parents & Teachers, Administrators
Pub Date: 2010
Description: Practical, concise blueprint for funding, building, planting, maintaining a school garden. Packed with strategies, to-do lists, detailed lesson plans, easy recipes and tricks of the trade for grades k-8, this is complete school gardens handbook for parents, teachers, and administrators.
Time/Length: 223
Number of Copies: 1

1 Copy

Title: I'm Not a Baby Anymore: Tips for Feeding Toddlers
Media: Video
Target Audience: Educators, Adults
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: This video is designed to educate parents about the importance of feeding toddlers a healthy, delicious, and varied diet. Viewers will learn which foods, and how much make up a well-balanced toddler diet. They will also learn about mealtime dos and don'ts, the best way to introduce new foods, and which beverage choices are the healthiest for toddlers.
Time/length: 11 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Culture and Nutrition, Early Childhood, Elementary, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Nutrition Education, Video
Source: Lemon-Aid Films, Inc.

1 Copy

Nutrition and Agricultural Education resource developed by Dietetic students at the University of Idaho and Idaho State University. This Farm to School Curriculum set provides over 30 different lessons plans based on a variety of Idaho foods. Each lesson plan includes a 30 minute scripted lesson and activity. Lesson plans are provided for both elementary and secondary students.

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Title: Indoor & Outdoor Games Going Beyond Duck, Duck, Goose Media: Book Audience; Educators, Grades K-6 Pub. Date: 2005 Description: Ideas to supplement a physcial education program. More than 40 fun, new games are organized by suggested age range and by indoor or outdoor appropriateness. Has detailed instructions for equipment needed, set-up required and ways to play. Time/length: 48 pages Number of Copies: 1 Classifications: Classroom Curriculum, Elementary Education, Children's Activites and Projects Source: Teacher Created Resources

1 Copy

Title: Managing Child Nutrition Programs: Leadership for Excellence
Media: Book, hardcover
Audience: Food Service Professionals, Educators, Dietitians, Students grades 12% 2B
Pub. Date: 1999
Description: A definitive treatsie on child nutrition program management, Managing Child Nutrition Programs presents all you need to know about supplying nutritious meals to children on a grand scale. The book is broken into six parts.
Part I, the Introduction, presents a historical overview of child nutrition programs and outlines federal legislation. Part II, Administration, discusses the history of nutrition integrity, managing human resources, new uses and developments in computer technology, the ins and outs of financial management, and, finally, a convenient section on how to survive an external review. Part III, Nutrition, presents the topics of nutrition education in schools, how to plan a healthy menu using numerous methods, and management of special nutrition needs such as food allergies. Of note, this edition does not present the most current version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but the methods given to meet such criteria are still applicable. In Part IV, Operations, the nuts and bolts of quantity food production in a school setting are examined. Topics include procurement, food production systems, food preparation and presentation to encourage student selection, managing employees, customer service, food safety, sanitation, wates management, and energy conservation. Part V, Communications and Marketing, outlines the place of marketing in child nutrition programs, how to communicate with students and school officials alike, and also the community. Finally, Part VI, Anticipating the Future in Child Nutrition Programs, sketches the future of nutrition in schools with topics like developing a mission, cultivating respect, becoming business savvy, and meeting strategic outcomes.
With a total of 27 chapters and 16 case studies written by 38 professionals, Managing Child Nutrition Programs: Leadership for Excellence is a exhaustive resource for professionals with moderate to lengthy experience managing child nutrition programs.
Length: 738 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Service Management, Marketing, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Food Analysis, Food Safety and Sanitation, Human Resource Management, Food Service Equipment, Special Diets, USDA and Federal Programs Regulations, Financial, Secondary, Elementary, Middle School, Food Service Management, Purchasing, Nutrition Education
Source: Aspen Publishers

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschoolers, Adults, Educators
Pub. Date: 2006
Description: Mealtime Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler blends parent anecdotes with the information that every nutrition-conscious parent wants to know. Written with behind-the-scenes help from a dietitian, as well as tips and advice from a panel of more than 150 parents, the book also features mom-tested food suggestions, handy shopping lists, food substitution and cooking conversion charts, and a comprehensive directory that includes both Canadian and American resources.
Time/length: 286 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary, Cookbook, Food Preparation and Presentation, Food Safety and Sanitation, Menu Planning and Production, Nutrition Education, Book, Adult
Source: John Wiley and Sons Canada, Ltd.

1 Copy

Title: Now We're Cooking!
Media: Video Tape
Audience: 4th-8th Grades
Pub. Date: 1993
Description: This video shows some young children that have just come inside from playing and begin discussing alternative snack ideas. It focuses on a demonstration of how children can make a snack burrito that is healthy and utilizes leftovers. Bonus: video shows how to correctly roll a burrito! Also touches on some basic kitchen safety in food preparation. A great start for any aspiring chef. Good for introductory home economic classes.
Length: 12 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Preparation and Presentation, Elementary School, Middle School, Video Tape
Source: Dairy Council of California

1 Copy

Media: Video
Target Audience: Educators, Grades 3-8, Adult
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: It was a bad day for the nutrient team. They had spent weeks getting ready for their presentation. It was a competition, and the winner would be on the school's health education team. Now they find out that most of the nutrient exhibit is missing. Follow along as the team searches for their missing nutrients. Learn how they solve the mystery and at the same time explain how six nutrients (protein, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fat and water) work to keep us healthy.
Time/length: 15 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Learning ZoneXpress

1 Copy

Media: Teaching Manual and DVD
Target Audience: Educators, Adults, Grades 3-6
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: ReCharge, an after-school program toolkit developed by the national Action for Healthy Kids and the National Football League (NFL). The program?s 6-week curriculum features key components such as healthy eating, physical activity, goal setting, and team building. ReCharge is geared toward third through sixth graders, promotes the energy-in and energy-out concept. Students learn how to make nutritious choices throughout the day as the program incorporates skill-building and healthy practices into their lives. Highlighting team-building skills, ReCharge, also encourages activities for athletes and non-athletes alike.
Time/length: 6 week curriculum
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Action for Healthy Kids and the NFL

1 Copy

Title: The Shapes We Eat
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool to Grade 2
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: Colorful photos and simple text feature real-life examples that children can relate to. Learn a variety of different shapes ? including rectangles, circles, triangles, ovals, pentagons, and octagons ? by studying the shapes of the foods we eat.
Time/length: 31 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Children's Press

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Title: Snacking Mouse
Media: Video Tape with Discussion Guide
Audience: 3-7 yo Children
Pub. Date: 1960?
Description: A classic video details the life of a snack-happy mouse from a suburb in Canton. Narrated by the voice of Winnie the Poo. Snacking Mouse only goes for the sweet snacks presented to him by two nice children in the house he lives. Despite warnings, Snacking Mouse suffers the wrath of a not-so-friendly housekeeper for stealing all her snacks. Reinforce the importance of regular meals and moderation in sweets with this comical, animated video. Includes a discussion guide for educators.
Length: 5 minutes
Number of Copies: 6
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Nutrition Education, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: The Polished Apple

6 Copies

Title: Snacking Mouse Goes to School
Media: Video Tape with Classroom Discussion Guide
Audience: 3-7 yo Children
Pub. Date: 1960?
Description: This classic video details Snacking Mouse's first day at school and is a sequel to the beloved video, the Snacking Mouse. As snacking mouse heads to recess he gets snagged by the snack machine and eats too many sweet treats. Later he sleeps through lunch and has another snack in the afternoon. The next day he skips breakfast and is sleepy at school-because of his snacking. His school performance suffers with a comical outcome. Reinforce the importance of regular meals to your students with this fun video!
Length: 5 minutes
Number of Copies: 5
Classifications: Elementary School, Early Childhood, Nutrition Education, Video Tape and Leader's Materials/Manual
Source: The Polished Apple

5 Copies

Media: Video
Target Audience: Educators, Grades 3-8, Adult
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: This is a case of food safety murder! Two teen 'investigators" happen on the scene of a terrible food safety crime and must discover what went wrong to make the victims so ill. Presented in a fast-paced, informative, teen-friendly format, this DVD on food safety highlights the basics of food-borne illness and how to handle food properly. The guidelines to clean, separate, cook, and chill are covered by the team of teen food-safety 'experts". Students will enjoy the drama and will come away with what they need to know about keeping food safe and avoiding food-borne illnesses.
Time/length: 16 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Source: Learning ZoneXpress

1 Copy

Media: Video Tape
Audience: Children ages 3-7 yo
Pub. Date: 1993
Description: David Parker journeys through the wonderful world of cooking. Fun recipes and topics of covered, apples, sandwiches, milk, and kabobs. At the same time, he teaches kids about the signs for some of kids favorite foods and things.
Length: 17 minutes
Number of Copies: 3
Source: Tabor/Parker Productions

3 Copies

Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-10 years old
Pub. Date: 1998
Description: This book was designed to be read aloud in a child's classroom. It covers the disease process, dietary factors, insulin, low blood sugar and ends with a Diabetes Kid's Quiz.
Time/length: 25 pages
# of Copies: 1
Source: JayJo Books, L.L.C.

1 Copy

Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-10 years old
Pub. Date: 1999
Description: This book discusses the process of food allergies (antibodies and the physical reactions) and how the main character deals with them. A Food Allergy Kid's Quiz is available at the end.
Time/length: 25 pages
# of Copies: 1
Source: JayJo Books, L.L.C.

1 Copy

Title: Taking Weight Problems to School
Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-10 years old
Pub. Date: 2005
Description: This book discusses the feelings of an overweight child. It addresses emotional eating, bulimia, anorexia, working with a nutritionist, how her peers can help her feel better about herself, and what she can do to be healthy. A Kid?s Quiz is available at the end.
Time/length: 25 pages
# of Copies: 1
Classifications:Nutr. Ed., Book, Other, Elementary School
Source: JayJo Books, L.L.C.

1 Copy

Target Audience: Elementary
Pub. Date: 1996
Description: This game uses observation, memory and repetition-through-play to provide experience in handling fractions. Players learn that a whole can be made from different combinations. Contents include 48 sturdy cards representing onions, tomatoes, pumpkins and cabbages.
# of copies: 1
Source: Child's Play

1 Copy

Title: The Vegetables We Eat
Media: Book
Target Audience: Ages 4-10
Description: Learn how vegetables are planted, how they get to your grocery store, and how you can plant and tend your own vegetable garden. Uses clear and informative text, illustrations, diagrams, and cross sections.

2 Copies

Title: Wash Those Hands!
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Elementary School, High School, and Middle School Students
Pub. Date: 1996
Description: Includes VHS tape and a teacher's guide with a script of the video and discussion questions. This upbeat video explains how hand washing can help prevent the speread of baterial and viral illness. It is narrated by a teenage girl who presents concise, stratightforward information about the benefits of hand washing for everyone, the nature of germs and how they make people sick, and when and how to wash away the germs that can cause sickness.
Length: 10 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Safety and Sanitation, Elementary School, Secondary School, Middle School, Video Tape and Leader's Manual/Materials
Source: Marsh Film Enterprises, Inc.

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Media: DVD
Target Audience: K-5
Description: Teaches children importance of food groups for good health. Join Chef Tom & "Tokie" on their educational tour through the supermarket.
Time/Length: 15 min
Number of copies: 1

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Media: Book
Target Audience: Ages 9-12
Author: Mark Burgess
Description: In this imaginative graphic novel, a group of mutant veggies threatens to compost anything that is not a vegetable. Luckily, with the help of a few tomatoes, Secret Service Agent Spike saves the day.
# of Copies: 1
Length: 65 pgs

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Title: Where Does Food Come From?
Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-10 years old
Pub. Date: 2006
Description: This book discusses various foods, where they come from, and interesting facts about them.
Time/length: 32 pages
# of Copies: 1
Classifications: Nutr. Ed., Book, Elementary School
Source: Millbrook Press

1 Copy

Media: Video Tape w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Preschool and Elementary School Children Grades K-2
Pub. Date: 1983
Description: This classic video features two young boys, Don and Bruce, who receive a education about where food comes from a bag full of groceries. Sure to entertain, this video is a great introduction to the modern food system and the complex processes of food processing. Milk, carrots, pasta, bread, apples, ground beef, and ice cream are all discussed. Contains an discussion and activity guide for teachers.
Length: 17 minutes
Number of Copies: 2
Source: Alfred Higgins Productions

4 Copies

Media: Book
Target Audience: 4-9
Author: Ruth Sundback
Description: This educational, colorfully illustrated book shows children where food goes & how the nutrients help their growing bodies. Includes activities.
Time/Length: 22 pgs
Number of copies: 1

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Media: Video Tape w/Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Grades 3-5, Educators
Pub. Date: 1983
Description: This classic video details the physiologic process by which a cow's body turns grass into milk. Milk production and its place in the food system of the US are explored. A great video to introduce children to digestion and where milk comes from! Includes a discussion guide with vocabulary words and activities for the whole class. The video tape is a little old and fragile, so be careful and patient when viewing.
Length: 11 minutes, 7 page discussion guide
# of Copies: 1
Source: National Dairy Council

1 Copy