Food for Thought – Improving Food Literacy is a free online resource that integrates food literacy and media literacy into discussions about healthy eating which provides students with the skills they need to make healthier food choices in a variety of settings, taking into account the factors within their control.
This resource includes:
- Background information about the importance of helping students develop their food literacy and media literacy to support their capacity to integrate this learning into discussions related to healthy eating.
- Connections to The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Health and Physical Education (2019) and The Ontario Curriculum, Grade 1–8: Language (2006) to support an integrated approach to learning.
- Evidence-based, effective teaching and learning strategies for consideration when talking about food with students in order to empower them to make healthier choices, considering the factors within their control.
- Activities connected to the overall and specific expectations related to Healthy Eating and Social Emotional Learning skills in The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Health and Physical Education (2019) and Media Literacy skills in The Ontario Curriculum: Language (2006).
- Additional resources to support educators in building their capacity to integrate food literacy and media literacy into lessons that focus on healthy eating.
Disclaimers:
- Food for Thought – Improving Food Literacy was developed in 2021 in alignment with The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Language, 2006. Since the release of this resource, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Language was updated in 2023. Therefore, the content in Food for Thought – Improving Food Literacy and the curriculum expectations identified may not align with The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Language, 2023.
- Since the release of this resource Ophea has developed resources to support educators in creating an inclusive Health and Physical Education learning environment. Please refer to Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education and Disability-Centred Movement: Supporting Inclusive Physical Education for more information.
Please note: The Lesson Plans by Growing Chefs! Ontario are no longer available.