Useful resources when teaching about healthy eating and the body

When teaching about healthy eating and nutrition an educator will often connect this theme to how it affects the human body. Children are able to gain a better understanding of the importance of eating well when they understand how certain food choices can affect their bodies in positive or negative ways. Within lesson #2 of the Food is Elementary curriculum, we discuss how dietary fats can affect your heart and your circulatory system. Here are some coloring pages that can be used when discussing dietary fat and the circulatory system, as well as the affects food has on other parts of our bodies. To download a copy of these coloring pages go to the following link: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/science/human-body-coloring-pages/