The welcome lesson invites students to consider their relationship with food – how they make decisions about what to eat and how the foods they eat affect the way they feel.

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Your students will learn how the way people eat has changed from pre-historic times to the present, and the effects of the modern food system on the environment.

Lessons included:

• Natural Food Cycle

• The History of Food

• Environmental Impacts of the Modern Food System

• Food Waste

• Composting

Your students will learn how our bodies digest the food we eat, how to read a nutrition label (and what it means!), and how what we eat impacts our health now and in years to come.

Lessons included:

• Nutrition Science Basics

• Digestive and Circulatory Systems

• Diet-Related Illnesses

• Food and The Brain

• Benefits of Plant-Based Eating

Module 3: Food and Society

In this module, we will examine how food impacts us economically and how food companies market to us. You will also learn basic cooking skills for preparing healthy meals, and celebrate the way that food is part of our family traditions, our communities, and our cultures!

Lessons included:

• Marketing and Advertising

• Food Equity

• Cooking Basics

• The Culture of Food

Green Beetz suggests you hold a celebratory culmination event after completing the program or one of our modules that will be two parts:

• A Test your Noodle Trivia Championship amongst your class(es)

• A visit to a nearby Farmers Market or set up a mock market in your classroom.