Powerful Bones

Powerful Bones
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Teacher Training | Grade 6

Cost

FREE*

Dates

Testimonials

“I’m excited to share with my students how to better follow the food guide and eat healthier.”
“The ready to use lessons and Smartboard activities are fabulous. Best of all, it’s all free!”
“The free materials are easy to implement and are useful for a variety of different learning styles.”

Powerful Bones helps students understand that bones are dynamic, living tissue.

In this teacher workshop you will receive information and and activities to help students understand that adolescence is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build strong bones. Students will assess their intake of calcium-rich foods and activity patterns, then plan and practice lifestyle choices that will help them build strong bones.

**This interactive teacher workshop will include:**

Teacher’s Guide – lesson plans, teaching ideas, student activities, and assessment tools
USB – student activity sheets (French and English), bone remodeling video, ready to sue lesson files
Class set of parent brochure Do You Think About Their Bones

* Program materials are only available to teachers who have taken a workshop.

Nutrition is a cross-curricular topic. Meet outcomes in many other subjects while teaching nutrition.

Program Resources

What comes with the program

The following resources are provided at no cost to workshop participants

Teacher guide

With lesson plans, teaching ideas, student activities, and assessment tools
USB

Contains student activity sheets (English and French) in standard pdf format as well as pdf with fillable form fields Bone Remodelling Video and ready to use lesson files (PowerPoint & Smartboard)
Do you think about their bones?

Almost all bone tissue is built during childhood and adolescence. This brochure provides parents with information about food and activity to help maximize their child’s bone building potential.

OPTIONAL MATERIALS

Materials available for purchase

Food Picture Cards (Bilingual)

A set of 103 food pictures with a food group legend on the back (5”x7”cards).

$ 20.00
Food Guide Serving Size Poster

This two sided poster shows a food guide rainbow on one side and several meals and snacks on the other; both include life-size food guide servings.

$ 8.00

Other Materials

Canada’s Food Guide

Class sets available from Health Canada:
Canada’s Food Guide.
Canada’s Food Guide (Translations)
Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Children

Public Health Agency of Canada.