Cool Beans
Nutrition Curriculum

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Cool Beans from Around the World

A multicultural, standards-based nutrition curriculum for Grades 4-6. Students explore healthy eating through culture, geography, and global food traditions.

Each lesson highlights a different “cool bean” and region of the world through interactive activities, recipes, and virtual adventures.

View the Curriculum Overview Packet.

Preview a snapshot of each lesson in this Compilation Slideshow.

Interactive Lessons

Google slideshow adventures featuring global foods and cultures

Standards-Based

Supports all 8 National Health Education Standards plus SS-H & LA

Why Beans?

Food experts worldwide have declared beans the superfood of the future

Built-In Engagement

Nutrition trivia, movement breaks, and BONUS Kids Cooking Shows

Bean There, Drew That

A peek at the creativity, imagination, and “cool bean” inspiration growing in classrooms through our nutrition adventures.

Illustration of a sprout with green leaves growing in a gray pot, with seeds falling around it.

INSPIRED BY COOL BEANS!

Children's drawing of various scenes with characters and objects, including a person, animals, and a view of the earth, with handwritten notes.
Handwritten notes on paper about beans. The notes include a drawing of a person with sunglasses and a group of small bean characters. The title says, 'the super bean and the bean army'.
A child's drawing of a purple bean with lines shading the bean, on a piece of paper with writing about beans, including a small moon illustration at the bottom.
A sheet of paper with a colorful illustration of a green and yellow bean cartoon character in the top left corner. The paper displays different types of beans arranged in a design, with handwritten labels and notes about each bean type, including adz
A child's drawing with a speech bubble saying 'can you buy beans mom' and two stick-figure people, one on each side. There is text below the drawing that reads, 'Something I learned today that I want to share is...'
A child's drawing of the Earth, with green land masses and blue oceans, accompanied by a pink heart and a small butterfly, on a white sheet of paper. Text reads: "Something I learned today about BEANS is... Fun fact beans can save the world. Bella" i
A printed sheet with colorful beans arranged to form a diagram of a plant, including labels for different types of beans such as Adzuki, Black, Black-Eyed Pea, Kidney, Lentil, Lima, Navy, Pinto, and Split Pea. The sheet has some handwritten notes and
A child's drawing of a bean plant with smiley faces inside the beans and a leaf, accompanied by handwritten text explaining that beans are a protein that can help save the world.
A child's drawing of bean cans labeled "Bean Grocery" and "Healthy" on a piece of paper, with a green bean illustration and a red sun in the background. A child's hand with a red fingernail is pointing to the drawing, and there are green and blue mar