With BC Dairy’s education programs, you will meet your curriculum goals using up to date research on food, nutrition, and best practices in feeding dynamics. Provincial and national feeding guidelines and professional standards, outlined by the College of Dietitians of BC, guide our team’s work and their commitment to health and nutrition education. Year after year, we want teachers to feel confident using our programs, which means they have the training and skills to teach young learners about food and nutrition.
We provide educators with evidence-based food and nutrition education programs that combine a variety of learning strategies, helps foster food and nutrition related behaviors supportive of long-term health and well-being, and facilitate voluntary adoption of foods among learners.
Our multi-lesson food and nutrition education programs:
We require a free workshop prior to teaching our programs. This helps ensure teachers understand the program materials and learn about additional resources available, such as strategies to support eating competence among students. Workshops are available either online or available in-person upon request. After completing the workshop, you can order program materials through our education portal at no cost. Each year, you can order new student materials, for free. Check out our programs to see which one might be a good fit for your classroom!
BC Dairy’s nutrition education programs for the K-12 years make it easy to teach nutrition using BC’s new curriculum. Teachers everywhere in BC can participate in professional development sessions to get colourful materials and great ideas for making nutrition come alive in the classroom.
Educators—create or access your BC Dairy portal account to reorder program materials, access additional resources and apply for Mini Food Grants.
Check out our free, ready-to-use nutrition education lesson plans for your classroom. We offer fun and interactive lesson plans for all grade levels.
