The Arizona Beef Council offers the following teaching materials and kits to educators at no charge, although we do collect a small fee for shipping costs. To request any of these materials for your Arizona school or classroom (* see Disclaimer), simply fill out our Teacher Feedback Form. For your convenience, all of these materials are listed on the form by packet name.


Connect the Dots: Where Does My Food Come From?

This integrated educational kit was designed for students in grades two and three, with portions expandable to grades one and four. This kit will help your students understand where their food comes from and how successfully America's farmers and ranchers have provided that sustenance for generations. Help us connect the dots and draw an accurate picture of the food system that provides you and your students the necessities of life, every day without fail.
Caretakers All - Environmental - Grades 3 and 4
CARETAKERS ALL
Environmental, Grades: 3 and 4

Caretakers All helps teachers show children how to do their part in caring for the environment. Classroom tested, hands-on lessons teach about animals, water, land, plants, and natural resources. The kit uses cooperative learning techniques, promotes science skills, and introduces key science concepts.

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Choose Well - Math Nutrition Kit .....
Choose Well - Math Nutrition Kit
Environmental, Grades: 4 and 5

Through a series of seven activities, children learn the importance of choosing nutrient-rich foods first and techniques for visualizing appropriate portion sizes. The eighth lesson addresses physical activity and it's relation to weight management. Choose well includes a Telly award-winning video and a copy of Appetite Attack, an action-packed computer game from the Parents' Choice 2006 Approved Award-Winning Web site, www.zip4tweens.com. Choose Well has been favorably reviewed by the American Dietetic Association Foundation as part of the Healthy Families, Healthy Kids initiative.

Safe Food Journey - Food Safety - Grades 2 thru 4
SAFE FOOD JOURNEY
Food Safety, Grades: 2, 3, and 4

This poster explains the food journey, as well as safety measures, from the farm to the plate. Instructions for proper food handling and hand washing are described along with a variety of six activities and worksheets printed on the reverse.

Basics About Beef - Consumer Sciences - Grades 7 thru 12
BASICS ABOUT BEEF
Consumer Sciences, Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

Designed for family and consumer science classes, this colorful booklet covers all aspects of buying, storing, preparing, and serving beef. A number of word games and puzzles are included throughout the booklet to create student interest, reinforce learning, and serve as a means for review.

Things We Can Learn From a Cow and a Worm - Science - Grades 5 and 6
THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM A COW AND A WORM
Science, Grades: 5 and 6

A colorful poster-teaching unit designed to help students understand how to better conserve precious resources. Cattle and earthworms were chosen because of the unique capabilities that allow them to utilize resources efficiently.

Cattle Roundup
CATTLE ROUNDUP
Social Studies, Grades: 4

This kit focuses on the history of the Arizona Cattle industry. It includes black line masters to be copied for student use. Contents include tools of ranching, counties of Arizona, by-products of cattle, how cattle affect the environment, and how cattle are recyclers of the land. The activities are great when learning about the 5 C's of Arizona.

Fueled for Flight - Math and Science - Grades 5 and 6
FUELED FOR FLIGHT
Math/Science, Grades: 5 and 6

This kit teaches math and science skills using the space shuttle as the theme. It relates these skills to students' everyday lives by using analogies for nutrition and exercise between key concepts. It contains five "missions" and a science project at the end of the program.

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Beef in Brief BEEF IN BRIEF
Consumer Sciences, Grades 6, 7, and 8

Brochure with six activities providing information on the societal contributions of cattle and cattlemen. Topics covered: What is beef? Cattle industry history. Nutrition. Food Safety. Environment.  Animal welfare.

School Wellness Tool Kit
For Educators

A golden opportunity for kids' health and academic success. If you care about children's health or have concerns about food and nutrition in your school, this is your opportunity to help make important decisions and improvements in the context of school wellness policies. The tool kit includes: how-to manual, resources and links to agencies and groups, school foodservice and nutrition reprints (4), reproducible handouts (2), MyPyramid poster, MyPyramid for Kids poster.
Choose Well CD and Poster Set
Nutrition and Math, Grades 4 and 5

Teaches the basics of good eating and the importance of physical activity.

Enriching Family Meal Times

Practical, creative tool for enriching family dinners along with breakfasts and lunches. Complete with a leader guide, reproducible handouts (7), a CD including four power point presentations, electronic copies of the reproducible handouts (contained on the CD), and an evaluation form.

Putting Zip Into School Lunch
For Foodservice Staff, School Nutrition Personnel, and Food Service Directors

This CD presentation includes six recipes, three classroom puzzles to help promote proper nutrition in school, and an introductory document.

* Disclaimer: Due to budget limitations, these materials from The Arizona Beef Council are provided exclusively to Arizona classrooms and schools.  To obtain materials for your out-of-state school or classroom, visit the Federation of State Beef Councils.

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