Why Can’t I Have Chips for Lunch?

HEALTH

Curiosity trigger

Students will analyze the content of their food as if they were in a lab: they will check how much sugar their drinks contain and examine how much fat is in their snacks. They will also watch a film featuring an expert from Stanford University.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

National Health Education Standards:
1.5.1. Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.
7.5.1. Identify responsible personal health behaviors.
7.5.2. Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

You will need

Food packaging, 4 drinks with various sugar content, snacks (potato chips, corn flakes, cookies), sugar, kitchen scale, cups, paper envelopes.

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Authors

Author: Danuta Figurska-Ciura
Speaker: Maya Adam
Methodology: Monika Zwierko
Translation: Agnieszka Siewicz
Proofreading: Jason Lowther
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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