Nutrition and physical activity

Children’s Wisconsin’s Nutrition and physical activity e-learning content provides fun and interactive lessons, activities and games for K-8th grade students.

Students will learn how to establish healthy habits and increase their physical activity. They also learn how to eat well, stay fit and how healthy habits help them feel good about their bodies.

Supplemental activities for classroom use are available to reinforce what is learned in online lessons, activities and games.

Children’s Nutrition and physical activity content aligns with National Health Education Standards. Visit the Connection to standards page for more information.

Learning activities by grade level

Kindergarten

“3-2-1-0 Blast Off!” song

“3-2-1-0 Blast Off!” is a fun, high energy song that talks about different things students can do to be healthy.

Food=fuel lesson

The Food=fuel lesson teaches students that healthy foods fuel their bodies throughout the day. Students will learn the importance of eating breakfast every day.

Go and whoa foods lesson

In this lesson students will learn the difference between go and whoa foods. They will practice putting different foods into go food or whoa food categories.

MyPlate lesson

In this lesson students will learn about MyPlate, about eating a variety of foods to have a healthy diet and the importance of being active every day.

Activity pyramid lesson

In this lesson students will be introduced to the activity pyramid, which is a tool that teaches the different types of physical activity.

Match the planets game

In this game students will click on planets to find matching images of sitting-still activities or physical activities.

Goal setting lesson

The Goal setting lesson teaches students what a goal is and which adults can help them with their goals.