Dietitians are food and nutrition educators, and we share our knowledge with all age groups. One of our assignments this spring was to create and teach a lesson to grades 4-6. This assignment was designed to give us exposure to creating lesson plans and delivering a nutrition education session to a target audience. In our 381 class we had two dietitians, one from Vancouver Coastal Health and one from BCDA come and do an education workshop with us. From there we partnered up and made a lesson plan, based on topic ideas given to us from the teachers. On Tuesday May 12th we all spent the day teaching in schools all around Vancouver. Joelle and I taught at Dorothy Lynas on the North Shore. The main focus of our lesson was sustainability and the environmental impact of food. We discussed whole foods that are healthy for the body and good to the planet and we ended with a section on sugary beverages which we tied into sustainable choices. Often sugary beverages come in a lot of packaging, and this is contributes to excess waste. Joelle and I created our lesson plan in time to send it to the supervising dietitians and teachers, in order to receive any feedback they thought necessary before giving the lesson. The dietitians and teachers were happy with the topics we chose which was great to know going into the lesson. Attached here is a copy of the lesson plan we created.