Food for Me: Lesson 1

*This program is for junior high Health teachers. If you are a junior high Foods teacher, click here.

In the first lesson of Food for Me, grades 7–9 Health students practise creating meals and snacks that feature foods from the Canada’s Food Guide Plate.  

Teaching and learning resources you will need to facilitate Lesson 1:  

• Teacher Guide & Student Workbook: You can order a Teacher Guide and class sets of Student Workbooks from our Free Resources Page or download them as PDFs on the Food for Me main page.  

• Slide Deck: Access your slide deck for Lesson 1 below. The slide deck contains the video, background information, activity instructions, and discussion questions required to teach this lesson. Suggested speaking notes and additional information for teachers is provided in the notes section of each slide. 

• Video: The Canada’s Food Guide transformation video introduces the lesson and is embedded in the slide deck. If the embedded video does not play, use the link in the notes section.