FOOD, NUTRITION & HEALTH — Nutrition Education Kit program

(Photo by Vicki Jedlicka, Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County)
(Photo by Vicki Jedlicka, Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County)

Nebraska Extension has developed kits for use in K–5 classrooms to help teachers instruct students about health, nutrition and physical activity. The kits include lessons and supplies for hands-on activities. Extension staff also present hands-on lessons in the classrooms. In the 2017–18 school year, the program reached 15,992 students at all 39 Lincoln Public Schools and 1 parochial school. Evaluations showed significant improvements of students’ nutrition knowledge in all grades. Pictured is Extension Educator Alyssa Havlovic leading 2nd graders at Roper Elementary in preparing a healthy snack.