• Allison, L. (1976). Blood and guts: A working guide to your own insides. New York: Little, Brown, and Company.
• Meeks, L. (2002). Comprehensive school health education: Totally awesome strategies for teaching health, 3rd edition. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill Companies.

• Basic art supplies 
• Old magazines and newspapers (food section)  
• Grocery store fliers  
• Cookbooks 

• All About Food Labels
  www.healthchecksystems.com/label.htm*
  Shows information about what is on food labels
• Calories Burned Calculator
  http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm*
  Calculator to show calories burned during activity
• Calorie Calculator
  www.caloriescount.org*
  Another site to show calories burned
• Consumer Math
  www.aaamath.com/mny.html*
  An interactive site that lets you practice your math skills
• Fast Food Nutrition Information
  www.dietriot.com/fff/rest.html*
  www.foodfacts.info/*
  Dietary information regarding fast foods
• FDA For Kids
  www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/educate.html*
  FDA site that talks about nutrition and food groups
• Food and Nutrition Internet Resources
  www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/fnic.html*
  Lots of links to nutrition information
• Nutrition Dictionary
  www.foodfit.com/healthy/nutritiondictionary.asp*
  Tells what specific vitamins and minerals do for your body

Other Resources

• Guest speakers, such as nutritionists, to come in to talk to the class

• Computer(s) for research and presentations
• Digital camera for pictures for menus and commercial presentations 
• Internet connection for conducting research 
• Printer to print menus 
• Projection system for lessons and presentations 
• Scanner to scan pictures into menus and presentations
• Television to view commercials
• VCR to view taped commercials

• Database or spreadsheet for graphing activities 
• Desktop publishing for menus 
• Encyclopedia on CD-ROM for conducting research
• Internet web browser for conducting research 
• Multimedia for commercial presentations

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