TED-Ed
Should We Eat Bugs?
Cricket cookies? Mealworm mac and cheese? Bugs are super nutritious! Why don't we eat them? Viewers discover the history of entomophagy, that is, the practice of eating insects and spiders, by viewing a fascinating video that explores...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: Eat and Move-O-Matic
Are you trying to raise awareness about nutrition and making healthy choices but need help finding a resource that engages students? Then you've come to the right place. In this short video, Jennifer and Rich demonstrate the Eat &...
TED-Ed
How The Food You Eat Affects Your Gut
Some foods we eat are not meant to be broken down by our digestive systems, but instead by our gut. But how can we control what our gut breaks down? The answer is simple: our diet.
National Science Foundation
Science of NFL Football: Nutrition, Hydration and Health
How does what you eat compare to an NFL football player? The final video in a 10-part series explains the nutrition requirements at the extreme level of an NFL player. The instructor explains the key nutrients and their nutritional...
Fuse School
Salt and Diet
Salt is necessary for your diet, but too much or too little and it causes health problems. These problems, as well as what salt does in your body, are the focus of a video that also looks at where salt is found in food and how much salt...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Fate of Fat
Humans need fat for energy and nutrition, but how much is too much? A short animation shows the pathway of fat as it enters the body, breaks down through digestion, and travels for use or storage. Teaching tips offer multiple ways to...
American Chemical Society
Do Vitamin Supplements Really Work?
Is that multivitamin really keeping you healthy and balanced? Junior nutritionists weigh the pros and cons using a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. Topics covered include types of vitamins and minerals, what...
SciShow
The Deal with Fat
Fats are essential to a balanced diet and help bodies use certain vitamins as well as maintain healthy skin and hair. While watching the video, learners explore fat, which is certainly talked about a lot in terms of health. The narrator...
American Chemical Society
What is a Complete Breakfast?
Start your day—and your class—off right with an interesting video about breakfast! The resource, part of the American Chemical Society's Reactions series, tackles the most important meal of the day. The narrator explains what makes for a...
Veritasium
Is Our Food Becoming Less Nutritious?
Is today's food less nutritious? Veritasium explores the research and the reasons some scientists now consider food nutrient-deficient. The video also considers possible causes and whether the human population should be concerned.
TED-Ed
How to Spot a Fad Diet
Learn how to separate the fat from the meat—the facts from the misinformation about diets—with a short video that offers guidelines for assessing diet regimens that offer long-term health benefits as opposed to short-term changes.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Healthy Eating: Food to Fuel a Runner
In this video, learn how Leo Koch (age 9, Maine) chooses healthy foods, like those in his Healthy Lunchtime Challenge winning recipe for Vegan Superhero Soup, to fuel his competitive running and help manage his diabetes. Leo leads an...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mister Chris and Friends: Making Soup: Activity
Join Mister Chris as he pretends to make a pot of soup, singing as he adds imaginary ingredients of many different colors! This activity invites imaginative play, as well as gross motor skill play, and shares the ideas around healthy...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Healthy Kids Project: Healthy Choices a to Z
Learn why eating fruits and vegetables is a healthy choice. [0:59]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hydration
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan help students understand that water connects all life on earth, that drinking healthy liquids keeps your body hydrated, and not getting enough water results in dehydration. [5:20]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pyramid and Plate
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy interviews Food Pyramid, who tells him that he's retiring! But wait, there's a new food helper in town-- Food Plate! Students learn about the idea of the Food Plate, that divides the average meal...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Calories
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating with an emphasis on calories. Students learn about how calories are used in digestion to turn into energy, but consuming too many calories means...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Play With Food
Expand vocabulary and learn about healthy eating at the same time! Use this video to practice "P" words that make up this healthy pizza. [1:01]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Action City Sprouts
City Sprouts is a community gardening program that promotes healthy eating, hard work, and nature education in urban communities. Hear from the kids in the program as they plant and harvest vegetables, and learn to cook new foods, in...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Foods That Grow
Learn about the importance of eating whole foods as opposed to eating processed foods. [1:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clip 7: Going Farming!
Learn how in certain neighborhoods it's very difficult to find fresh, healthy, affordable food. See how some schools are responding by giving students opportunities to get excited about growing, preparing, and eating plant-based food....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Food Rainbow
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the vegetables sing a song about foods being different colors, and students learn about the nutritional benefits of eating an assortment of colorful food. [1:36]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Food Choices
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos promote the importance of understanding nutritional information and eating a well-balanced diet, focusing on food choices. Students learn about different types of foods from around the world, how to read...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Family Meal Time
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan promote basic nutrition & appropriate portion-size as well as family meal-time interactions. Using these materials, students will understand that it is important to eat foods...