"Pack a Powerful Punch with Protein"

An educational program for classrooms, day cares,

and other facilities across Nebraska

 

The Nebraska Pork Producers Association is continuing to provide many educational resources free of charge to educators, day cares and others across the state.  NPPA does have some Nebraska-specific materials, but due to the cost to produce such materials the association relies on the National Pork Board to provide materials for each state to purchase.  One new educational resource has recently been unveiled, as the National Pork Board is proud to present “Pack a Powerful Punch with Protein,” an educational program developed for 7th and 8th grade Family and Consumer Science classrooms.

 

The program contains a DVD with four short chapters, focusing on the function and importance of protein, food safety and meat handling, fun food lab ideas with kid-friendly pork recipes and more.  The program also includes a CD component that contains learning activities, games and quizzes that correspond to the DVD chapters.

 

Included with the program is a “how to” guide designed to assist teachers to integrate the “Pack a Powerful Punch with Protein” content into their current curriculum.

      Pack a Powerful Punch with Protein

       An educational program developed for 7th and 8th grade

       Family and Consumer Science classrooms.  This

       interactive program focuses on meat and protein and

       their relationship to the USDA’s new MyPyramid food

       guidance system.  On the DVD: 4 short video chapters

       that include topics on food safety, kid-friendly pork

       recipes and the importance of protein.  On the CD:  video

       quizzes, lesson plans and activities and answer keys.

 

  Purchasing Pork Notebook Chart

       A consumer guide to identifying retail pork cuts for 

       shoulder butt, picnic shoulder, ribs, chops, roasts, side,

       and legs.  (8½ x 11 page)

  

 Purchasing Pork Poster

       A consumer guide to identifying retail pork cuts for

       shoulder butt, picnic shoulder, ribs, chops, roasts, side,

       and legs.  (33” x 24” poster)

 

   Pick Protein Poster

       Poster including activities for students in grades 9-12. 

       Curricula objectives include:  evaluate knowledge of

       protein and healthy food choices by completing a

       nutritional I.Q. quiz; identify simple ways to incorporate

       physical activity into daily life through case studies of

       typical teens; create a practical five-day menu and

       exercise plan, incorporating all the food groups on the    
       Food Guide Pyramid. © 2003.

Preschool-3rd Grade

 

   Learning About Pork Activity Book

       This 16-page (8½ x 11) coloring book includes color-by-

       numbers, connect-the-dots, and a simple maze to help

       K-3rd grade students better understand the

pork industry.

 

   Go Hog Wild About Learning Stickers

       Round purple sticker encouraging everyone to go hog

       wild about learning.  Comes in a sheet of 35 stickers.

 

   4th-6th Grade

 

   Short Snoots

       This four-page (8½ x 11) four-color worksheet has a

       variety of information about pigs in Nebraska and the

       United States.  Revised in 2007.

 

   Kids Pork Cookbook

       Kids’ Pork Cookbook covers basic cooking term and

       equipment, measuring ingredients, shopping for pork,

       setting the table and table manners.  It includes eight

       quick and easy pork recipes.

 

   Pork Puzzlers

       Developed for 4th-6th grade students, this 16 page

(8½ x 11) booklet includes word searches, crossword puzzles

       and math teasers on pork, nutrition, and meal

       preparation.

 

Educational Materials Available

 

All materials are available while supplies last for Nebraska educators and youth.  Materials are provided free of charge for educational use in Nebraska through Nebraska’s pork checkoff dollars.

 

All ages  

Food Fun Bookmark

Colorful neon bookmarks that have a pork nutrition puzzle on one side and an easy kid’s recipe on the other side. Assorted colors only.

  

Pig Outline

An outline of a market pig that can be used for a variety of projects.

    5th-12th Grade

 

    Cookin’ Up Conversation

       Inside this guide you’ll find some perforated cards that  

       have a variety of questions to help spark fun 

       conversation at the family dinner table. 

Also contains 4 recipes.

 

    Slim Six Profile Card

       Fresh pork has shaped up and slimmed down so much in

       recent years that pork tenderloin is just as lean as a

       skinless chicken breast.  Six common cuts of pork now

       have 16% less fat and 27% less saturated fat.  Basic

       cooking advice is also on this card.