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 for Teachers.

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