Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Nutrition Lessons

Nutrition Curriculum for Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8

Exercise Your Options

This six-lesson nutrition curriculum with a pre and post assessment that aligns with California education standards and can easily integrate into your units on Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education. The lessons were created using a behavior-change model that allows students to apply their unique perspectives to the decisions they make every day that influence their health.

These lesson plans have been designed with fun and learning in mind to blend well with your usual instructional sequence. The curriculum is skills-based to help students apply problem-solving, reasoning and critical-thinking techniques.

Exercise Your Options teaches middle school students skills to make better choices when presented with a range of real-life issues.

This nutrition curriculum is free for California sixth, seventh and eighth grade teachers!

Newly aligned to California common core standards!

MyPlate These curriculums, brought to you by Dairy Council of California, align with the "2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans."

Curriculum Materials

Teacher Guide
Student Workbooks (reorder free each year)
PowerPoint Presentation to use with your students
DVD Resources (Allow 1 – 2 minutes for this Flash File to load)
There was a printing error on the Food Record for the 2011-12 school year. Below is the corrected copy; available in color and black and white.

Updated Food Record (color)
Updated Food Record (black and white)

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Materials are free to California teachers. To order, call 877.324.7901.

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Nutrition is easy to add to your lesson plans

Teacher Training
Quick Start Guide
Education Standards for Sixth, Seventh & Eighth Grade
Program Evaluations and Validation
Video Scripts
Individual Videos
More for Teachers
More for Students
1. When Food Becomes More Than Something to Eat
2. Keep Moving, Keep Fit ... Nutrition and Sports

What are teachers saying?

Teachers love that our nutrition curriculum works so well in the classroom. The nutrition lesson plans for sixth, seventh and eighth grades have undergone rigorous field testing to evaluate for student outcomes. This process helps us to refine the lessons until they become teacher-friendly, fun for students and effective.

Here is what teachers are saying about these middle school nutrition lesson plans:

"I have used this program for the past three years in my seventh grade science class. My students become food experts and set goals for their own healthy-choice lifestyle. I also cook in my class to introduce my students to new food choices—usually vegetables they haven't tried and healthy snack ideas. Exercise Your Options is a great program." —Middle School Teacher

"It's made me more aware of what the students are eating, how much, and how often. It makes it easier for me to talk to them about their eating habits." —Emily Izmirian, Brandon, Goleta Union School District

"The information gave them the knowledge of how to choose food that will improve their energy level!" —Tamara Nicholas, Ralston Intermediate, Garden Grove Unified

"They are always amazed at what good foods they are missing in their own diets. They also notice the foods the cafeteria is missing!" —Carol Kofahl, Hutchinson Middle School, Norwalk-La Mirada School District

Posted by Dairy Council of California on 1/13/2012 3:11:00 PM. Rating:

Thank you Sue for this post. We are aware of the problem with the food record and will fix in next printing. In the meantime we have a downloadable corrected version on this web page. See above.

Posted by Sue Wold on 12/13/2011 10:48:00 AM. Rating:

Very good curriculum...but the food records pages total servings needed need to be corrected--used old format and the servings numbers don't jive...fruit and vegetable totals are reversed, as are grain and milk..Assume new printing will make correction

Posted by Marliot Surfus on 12/8/2011 9:45:00 PM. Rating:

this was delicious book. I love delivious healthy milk and clerlea I enjoy eggs, good cheap informetitve

Posted by Tori Meredith on 11/27/2011 8:56:00 PM. Rating:

I love this program. My students are totally engaged in the lessons. I really like the changes that were made in this years lessons.

Posted by Kelli on 4/1/2011 10:59:00 AM. Rating:

I love this program! The videos are excellent and the activities keep students learning and engaged.

Posted by Temporary on 2/16/2011 3:18:00 PM. Rating:

I'm a student and my P.E. teacher gave the workbooks to me it's pretty amazing.

Posted by Jaime on 8/20/2010 8:58:00 AM. Rating:

It's a great set of information that's easy to read. Their packets are great for parents and students.

Posted by Chanelle McClain on 5/21/2010 10:43:00 AM. Rating:

I really enjoyed this program it was very active.... I really enjoyed this program a lot:)

Posted by TVH on 4/22/2010 10:29:00 AM. Rating:

I ahve used this program for the past three years in my 7th grade science class. My students become food experts and set goals for their own heatlthy choice lifestyle. I also cook in my class to introduce my students to new food choices. Usually vegetables they haven't tried and healthy snack ideas. Exercise Your Options is a great program.

Posted by Yeeling on 2/27/2010 7:09:00 PM. Rating:

my teacher gave this to me it was pretty fun and i learned something

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