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Digestion Experiment and Teacher Made Test
Learners complete a digestion experiment using sugar, iodine, corn starch, and sugar test paper to test for starch and sugar in the body. In this digestion lesson plan, students learn how the body breaks down different ingredients.
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I Am What I Eat!
In this nutrition worksheet, students record the food that they consume. Students record how many calories, grams of fat, protein, and sugar is in each portion of food that they list.
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Lesson 4
In this tracing and writing worksheet, students trace and write common words such as bicycle, sugar, special, and more. Students complete 7 words total.
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Texture Fun
Students play a guessing game. In this performing art lesson, students guess what each ingredient is by touching each while being blind folded.
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How Can You See Which Soda Has More Sugar?
Sixth graders weigh regular and diet soda to see which one is heavier and therefore which one contains more sugar. In this soda lesson plan, 6th graders discover that regular soda contains more sugar because it weighs more.Â
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Make Your Own Recipe
Students make their own recipe. In this art lesson, students mix dry ingredients with a little water and see the changes made.
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ABC Toast
Students use a little milk mixed with food coloring to paint on the first letter of each child's name, their whole name, or another letter of their choice. In this art lesson, students butter the bread and sprinkle it with cinnamon-sugar...
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Why Diabetics May Have Frequent Thirst and Urination
Students explore how sugar in the bloodstream helps to take water from the body's tissue. In this diabetes lesson students complete several labs on diabetes and sugar.
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Graphing Glucose Tolerance Test Results.
Pupils graph glucose test results to compare between people with and without diabetes. In this investigative lesson students participate in activities that allow them to better understand diabetes and how to graph results.Â
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Building an Igloo
For this igloo worksheet, students follow the directions and use sugar and frosting to build an igloo. Students follow 6 sets of directions.
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Carbohydrates
In this carbohydrates worksheet, high schoolers review the six groups of nutrients needed for the human body. Students focus on sugars and carbohydrates, the sources of these nutrients and how the body uses these nutrients. This...
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Organic Compounds
In this organic compounds worksheet, learners practice identifying chemical structures and compare sugars, starches, and lipids. This worksheet has 5 matching and 15 multiple choice questions.
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Health In Progress/ Soft Drinks
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the consumption of soft drinks by children. They examine the statistics about the consumption and determine the increase or decrease in individual servings consumed over time. They...
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It's Sugar Time!
Fifth graders review the Food Pyramid. They examine several breakfast cereal labels and determine how much sugar is in each. They discuss these amounts and whether or not they are surprised by the results. They discuss the amount of...
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Life Does Not Live By Bread Alone
Students investigate the relationship between micronutrients and proper metabolic function. The lesson should serve as an introduction to the subject. The subject of the function includes the study of plants, animals, and humans. They...
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Starch and Sugar Testing 2
Students design and conduct an experiment to determine which of three solutions contain starch or sugar. This task assess students' ability to make simple observations, design simple experiments, utilize indicators, and make generalized...
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Starch and Sugar Testing 1
Eighth graders determine the presence of starch and sugar in unknown solutions. This task assesses students' abilities to observe, record and interpret data, classify, generalize/infer, construct data tables, and identify sugar and...
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Popcorn Nutrition
Students read a snack nutrition chart and answer questions. They compare nutrition levels of snack foods. They correctly calculate differences in nutritional value.
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Monomer and Polymer Chemistry
Students explain monomer/polymer chemistry of starches and sugars.
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Nutrition Making Healthy food Choices: Go Heart!
Second graders discuss the importance of eating healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables and what foods should be eaten in moderation. In groups, 2nd graders participate in activities using hula hoops where they categorize healthy...
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Snack Attack
Students choose healthy snacks. They are given a point for a snack that is low in fat and sugar. Students recieve a bag of apples or oranges once a week for the winning homeroom. They have a list of suggested snacks in each homeroom,...
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Sugar and Light
Students connect starch to sugar as the storage form of energy. They find that no starch is produced in the plant without light. Students perform the old favorite of looking at starch deposition in geranium leaves using Lugol's iodine...
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Supermarket Science: The King Sooper Lab
Learners read product labels, compare fat, sodium, and sugar contents of various food items. They work with a partner and often employ the assistance of the deli and bakery managers in a supermarket.