Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are The Food Groups?
This video is answering the question of what are the food groups.
SciShow Kids
The 5 Fabulous Food Groups
Learn about our 5 main food groups with Jessi and Squeaks, then see if you can name them all!
Curated Video
The Fabulous Five Food Groups
The Food Detective Berry Blue introduces us to the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She explains what is in each group and why a healthy balance of foods from these food groups makes up the best fuel for our bodies.
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Food Pyramid and Daily Nutrient Requirements
This video discusses the importance of a balanced diet and provides guidance on using the food pyramid to determine daily nutrient requirements. It specifically focuses on the example of dietary requirements for a 13-year-old girl who...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding the Five Major Food Groups and Planning a Balanced Diet
This video provides an overview of the five major food groups and their corresponding nutrients. It explains the grains, vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy, and meat and protein groups, highlighting the different types of foods within...
Curated Video
The Great Grain Group
Food Detective Berry Blue focuses on the grains group of the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She gives examples of foods made from grains. She describes the lifecycle of a wheat plant. Finally, she explains the nutritional value of grains in...
Curated Video
Fruits of the Rainbow
The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about one of the Fabulous Five Food Groups – Fruits. She compares fresh fruits to canned or frozen fruits and then invites your student to play a game of Fruits of the Rainbow.
Curated Video
What’s in Our Food?
Food Detective Berry Blue compares two breakfast cereals by comparing their labels. The Food Detective explains which are healthy ingredients and which are not. She then asks the student to choose the healthier breakfast cereal.
Curated Video
How to Understand MyPlate, the Food Pyramid Replacement
Howcast - Learn how to understand MyPlate, the Food Pyramid replacement, from nutrition coach Lisa Neilsen in this Howcast video.
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: a Balanced Diet
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Curated Video
How Do Our Senses Classify the Foods We Eat?
Food Detective Berry Blue introduces the concept of classifying foods based upon our five senses. She gives examples and makes a short list of classifications for each of our five senses.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How the food you eat affects your gut - Shilpa Ravella
The bacteria in our guts can break down food the body can't digest, produce important nutrients, regulate the immune system, and protect against harmful germs. And while we can't control all the factors that go into maintaining a healthy...
Curated Video
Making Healthy Choices at the Store
Food Detective Berry Blue invites the student to go grocery shopping with her. Together, they make decisions to either put the food into their shopping cart, or put it back on the shelf.
Curated Video
Fruits Group
"Fruits Group" introduces the five fabulous food groups and focuses on the fruits group, discussing nutritional value, examples of healthful fruits, and recipes using fruit.
Curated Video
The Marvelous Milk Group
The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the milk group. She explains that in addition to providing protein, milk is one of the best sources of calcium.
The Kiboomers
Grocery Shopping Song | The Kiboomers | Kids Songs | Grocery Store | Supermarket | Preschool Songs
It's the Grocery Shopping song for preschoolers! Grocery songs are a fun way to teach children about the food groups and eating healthy. Great for pretend play too. Enjoy! Grocery Shopping song lyrics for kids : We're shopping in the...
Curated Video
Start Your Day the Right Way
Food Detective Berry Blue answers the question, “Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day?” She then gives examples of a variety of healthy breakfasts.
Curated Video
Making the Most Out of Milk
Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the variety of foods included in the milk group of the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She describes the processes involved from milking a cow until the finished milk appears on our grocery store shelves....
Curated Video
Muscle-Building Meats
Dr. Algae talks about the importance of choosing healthy foods to eat. He revisits The Fabulous Five Food Groups and focuses this lesson on the meat group.
Curated Video
The Great Grains Group
The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the grains group. She explains the way that grains grow and how grains can be found in so many different kinds of food. She then invites your student to play another food game called, “Which...
Curated Video
Be Grateful for Grains
Dr. Algae talks about the importance of choosing healthy foods to eat. He revisits The Fabulous Five Food Groups and focuses this lesson on grains.
Curated Video
Meat Makes Muscles
Food Detective Berry Blue completes her discussion of the Fabulous Five Food Groups by talking about the meat group. She describes the benefits we receive from protein, but cautions us to eat smaller portions of meat to avoid fat intake....
Curated Video
Balanced Diet - Nutrition Essentials
Discover which foods are vital for a healthy diet. What should you be eating, how much, and why? Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. You need a balanced diet to be healthy. A balanced diet is varied and contains different amounts...
Food Farmer Earth
Food Club: Know Thy Food
The Know Thy Food buyer's club began with a small parenting group in 2008, and has grown into a 900-member food buyer's club, with hundreds of fresh, sustainable and organic foods available from local farmers, and specialty food...