MACARENA DELGADO

How Much Sugar?

Grade Level: 3 rd E.S.O; Subject: Biology

As the amount of sugar is to high the common foods the aim of the project is to find out whether people are aware of the amount of sugar found in everyday foods.

The purpose of this activity is to measure out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in certain common foods.

Humans crave sugary foods for a good reason. Sugar packs a lot of calories into a small amount of food. We pack sugar into many foods we wouldn’t think to find it in and overload our systems to the point where we can develop diabetes. Much of the sugar we consume every day is hidden in foods that we wouldn’t expect to find it in.

Materials:

• At least 2 kg of sugar

• A scale

• Various everyday foods (you can use processed foods like soda, candy, and crackers that display the sugar content on the label as well as raw foods such as fruits, vegetables or grains and find out the sugar content on the internet)

• Plastic bag

• Glue, cardboard,scissors,etc..

Procedure:

Students will be divided into mixed-ability groups and they will have the following instructions:

1. Collect a number of different foods that you would like to see the sugar content for.

2. Using a scale, measure out the amount of sugar in your first food.

3. Place the sugar in an empty small plastic bag.

4. Label the plastic

5. Bag to show how many grams of sugar you placed in it.

6. Repeat steps 2-4 for your different foods.

7. Record the results.

8. Design and create a poster to show the results.