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Nutrition Activities: Cows, Calcium and Cheese
What is Cows Calcium and Cheese?
Register for a FREE CD-ROM Activity Kit. An "udderly" fun-filled nutrition activity kit to teach K-9th grade students about nutrition with a focus on calcium awareness and bone health. Kit includes two free posters, a CD-ROM and an activity guide.
"As both a teacher and a farmer, I look forward to having this resource in my classroom."Peggy Ainsworth,
4th Grade Teacher
Here is just a sampling of some of the activities included:
- Learn about the power of persuasion, nutrition and advertising by getting your friends to try a favorite snack recipe in "Trick or Treat Your Friends to a Quick 'N Healthy Snack".
- Discover everything you have always wanted to know about a cow - how much they eat, what they eat and how it relates to what we eat - in "How Now Brown Cow - Make a Cow Pizza."
- Challenge your students with "Cowculating Food Facts" where students cowculate the nutrients in their favorite cafeteria lunch meal.
- Be an All Star Chef — NEW with our latest edition. Bring a local chef in to demonstrate your students favorite recipes with healthier ingredients.
"As a teacher, I plan to use these activities because they develop hands-on exploration linking real life experience with learning."Marylou Wasko,
Family and Consumer Science Teacher
