Internet Resources
Ricky's Garden Adventure
CURRICULUM MATERIALS
*The Leafy Greens Council provides Leafy Greens Lesson Plans to encourage our youngest generation to understand the nutritional benefits and the cancer-fighting elements of leafy greens. Classroom students can receive free materials such as book covers, trading cards, brochures and posters(www.leafy-greens.org).
*The Dole Company sponsors a national program to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables (www.dole5aday.com). If your class has Internet access, they can use the site¹s exciting interactive elementsyour students can listen to veggie theme music, download coloring books, and read about fruits and veggies.
*Washington State Apple Growers has created a complete elementary school curriculum to teach healthy lifestyles and promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables. Many of the materials are available directly from the website (www.healthychoices.org).
TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION
*The Produce for Better Health Foundation has an exhaustive website designed to disseminate information on the importance of increased consumption of fruits and vegetables (www.5aday.com).
*The Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine contains a wealth of information concerning health and plant-based nutrition. You may want to check out the excellent article, "Vegetarian Diets: Advantages for Children"
(pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/vegetarian_kids.html).
*The Vegetarian Resource Group offers vegetarian and vegan recipes, nutrition information, cookbooks, and a vegetarian game (www.vrg.org/nutshell/kids.htm).
*The Vegetarian Society of the U.K. provides two child related resource sections. The Youth Pages supply materials and ideas for working with adolescents (www.vegsoc.org/Youth/youth.html). The Virtual Schoolroom offers complete lesson plans from primary to secondary grades designed to promote plant-based eating (www.vegsoc.org/VirtualSchoolroom/VSchrm.html).
*Vegsource is a reference site to direct the user to other Internet resources on the subject of plant-based eating. The site includes discussion boards, an online magazine, and links to famous vegetarian doctors with online resources (www.vegsource.com).
CHOICE (Consumers for Healthy Options in Children's Education) promotes plant-based meals
and nutrition
education in schools. This lesson is adapted from "HeartFest At School" by the American Heart Association.
education in schools. This lesson is adapted from "HeartFest At School" by the American Heart Association.