Curriculum Resources for Educators

Grades K to 12

Lesson plans

• Beyond Images (National Eating Disorder Information Centre) explores key issues around body image and self-esteem.
• Media Smarts has lesson plans on body image and food marketing.

Grades 4 to 8

Information

• An overview of disordered eating prevention (Eating Disorder Ontario).

Grades K to 3

Activities

• Smart Kids Fight BAC! Learning Program (Partnership for food safety education) teaches about safe food handling practices.

Grades K to 8

Lesson plans, activities

• Healthy Hands offers resources on hand hygiene.

Grades K to 12

Activities, guide, information

• Canada’s Food Guide (Health Canada) has information on food, nutrition, and eating, as well as an educator toolkit.

Information

• Caring for Kids (Canadian Pediatric Society) offers an overview of the health considerations regarding energy drinks and sports drinks.

Lesson plans

• Ontario Physical and Health Education Association has healthy eating lesson plans.
• Agscape has lesson plans about agriculture and food literacy.

Lesson plans, information

• BrightBites is an evidence-based website with information and tools to create food-neutral, body-inclusive learning environments.

Grades 3 to 9

Activities, guide, information

• Food is Science (Sustain Ontario) has experiential lesson plans for teaching science though food.

Grades K to 12

Presentation, facilitator guide, activities

• School Health Online (Ottawa Public Health) provides educator resources by grade level for teaching human development and sexual health. 

Educator Guides, Activities, Information

• Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)

Grades 1 to 12

Information

• Sex & U (The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada) has up to date information on topics related to sexual health.

Grades 1 to 8

Lesson plans

• Ontario Physical and Health Education Association has human development and sexual health lesson plans.

Grades 4 to 12

Lesson plans, videos, activities, information

• Teachingsexualhealth.ca (Alberta Health Service) has lesson plans and additional resources for teaching sexual health.
• Sexual Health, Options, Resources, Education Center has lesson plans and additional resources for teaching sexual health.

Grades 6 to 12

Information

• Gender and Diversity Resources:
  • Resources for educators (Egale)
  • Terms and definitions (Egale)
  • Not just the Tip Toolkit (Health Canada, PDF)
  • Gender and Identity Learning Hub Teens about health)

Grades 7 to 12

Videos

• Tea Consent: uses the metaphor of tea to explain consent 
• What is Consent? (Kids Help Phone)
• Amaze: provides youth the answers they want to know about puberty, sex, and their bodies.