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Bon appétit! Available in English Available in French
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/cuisine/002001-1000-e.html

Inspiré de l’exposition Bon appétit! Les livres de cuisine canadiens à l’honneur organisé par Bibliothèque et archives Canada (mai 2004–février 2005), ce site saura intéresser non seulement les historiens et les sociologues, mais quiconque aime faire la cuisine et savourer un bon repas. Le site comprend deux livres de cuisine du XIXe siècle qui se prêtent bien à la recherche, ainsi que des ressources alléchantes pour les élèves et les enseignants.

Canada Safety Council – Elmer’s Safety Village – For Parents & Educators Available in English Available in French
http://www.elmer.ca/parents-educators/resources.php

Canada Safety Council offers many downloadable resources for parents and educators to facilitate teaching safety messages and rules to children. A complete list of safety themes and informational pages for parents and educators are found on the site: Traffic Safety, School Bus Safety, Safety on Wheels, Internet Safety, Fire Safety & Railway Safety.

Canada Safety Council - Fun With Elmer – For Children Available in English Available in French
http://www.elmer.ca/fun-elmer.php

This is your one-stop place for all of Elmer’s colouring pages and games. You can find ALL of Elmer’s “Safety Village” and “New This Month” colouring pages and activities right here!

Canadian Olympians Available in English Available in French
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/olympians/index-e.html

Le site Athlètes olympiques canadiens présente une base de données consultable de photographies d'athlètes canadiens qui ont participé aux Jeux olympiques depuis le début du XXe siècle. Une brève note biographique accompagne chaque photo. Deux ressources pédagogiques, une banque d'idées et des mots croisés ont été élaborés pour le site Athlètes olympiques canadiens.

CanTeach : Recipes
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/recipe.html

This site lists hundreds of food and art supplies recipes for the classroom and provides many links to other resources. We hope you find something useful to help you out.

Eating Well: From Junk Food to Fun Food
http://www.region.peel.on.ca/health/eating/htmfiles/healthy-eating.htm

Elementary school teachers can download a copy of Discover Healthy Eating! A Teacher's Resource for Grades 1-8. This resource supports the healthy eating component of the Healthy Living Strand in the Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Health and Physical Education (1998). Contains background information, glossaries, activities and handouts specific to each grade level.

Farms, Food and Fun…
http://www.farmsfoodfun.com/

Explore the many games, activities, trivia challenges and fact sheets all about Ontario’s agriculture and food industry.

Health Canada : Just for You - Educators Available in English Available in French
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/jfy-spv/edu_e.html

En plus du populaire Guide alimentaire canadien, Santé Canada publie plusieurs ressources et trousses à l'intention des éducateurs pour encourager des habitudes saines.

KidsHealth : Calling All Kids
http://kidshealth.org/kid/

Welcome to KidsHealth! KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone. There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources - all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens.

MedlinePlus: Interactive Health Tutorials
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html

Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial.

Nutrition - Literacy Partners of Manitoba
http://www.mb.literacy.ca/Nutrition.htm

Virtual Trunks are kits of electronic resources for our members and other interested visitors. We have gathered these resources from other websites without violating copyright rules. You may print them out and use them for educational purposes. Nutrition resources are for adult and family literacy practitioners to use with their students. They include lesson plans and background information.

Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/

Welcome to the Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along conflict resolution website! Conflict resolution processes are being used by parents, schools, juvenile justice facilities and youth-serving organizations to help teach youth to deal with life's daily challenges without walking away or fighting. This website is designed to help teach youth how to better manage conflicts and challenges they face on a daily basis.

Teach Nutrition
http://www.teachnutrition.org/default.aspx

Teach Nutrition is a web site created by registered dieticians of Ontario on behalf of the Dairy Farmers of Canada. The aim of this site is to provide free nutrition education resources to teachers (K – 8).

University of Rhode Island – Food Talk – ESL Nutrition Lesson Plans
http://www.uri.edu/ce/fsnep/edumat.htm

Four low-literacy lesson plans introducing the following topics: the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, label reading, unit pricing and food safety. The curriculum also includes student activities and background materials for leaders. (PDF format)

 

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