Which Foods Contain Sugar?

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In this health activity (page 6 of the PDF), learners examine ingredient labels of packaged food products to find out what sugar ingredients they contain. Learners discover that nearly all packaged food contains some form of sugar. Although this was created as a pre-visit activity for a workshop about photosynthesis, it also makes an excellent stand-alone activity.

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
5 to 10 minutes
Learning Time:
10 to 30 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
$1 - $5 per group of students
Age Range:
Ages 8 - 14
Resource Type:
Activity
Language:
English

Materials List (per group of students)

  • Bins of empty, clean food containers with labels intact.
  • Pencils and markers
  • Paper
  • Chart paper

Keywords

Subjects

  • Life Sciences
    • Human Body
      • Health and Nutrition

Informal Categories

  • Food and Cooking

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • read
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

Includes alignment to state and/or national standards:

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Access Rights:

  • Free access

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Rights:

  • All rights reserved, COSI Columbus, 2009