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SugarByHalf - Guardians of the Gums - Hidden Sugar
Lesson2 of 5 in this unit
Early LearningPrimaryFoundationYear 1 - 2MathematicsScienceHealth and Physical EducationHealthSocialMental HealthPhysical Health
Lesson Summary
The World Health Organisation recommends a healthy diet containing only six teaspoons of sugar per day. Yet on average Australians consume 14-16 teaspoons of sugar per day!
Of course, no one’s taking a teaspoon to a packet and eating those granules raw (at least we hope not!), so where is all that sugar hiding?
This lesson helps young students visualise how much sugar they’re consuming, and reveals just how much sugar can hide by dissolving in a single glass of water.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand how foods and drink contain a lot of hidden sugar
- understand the large quantity of sugar in our daily intake
- understand how to find and interpret nutrition labels on food packaging
Success criteria
Students can:
- make a connection between grams of sugar and the equivalent amount of teaspoons of sugar
- visually represent the amount of sugar in a variety of foods
- conduct an experiment to find how much sugar can dissolve in a glass of water
- find sugar amounts on food packaging labels
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