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Sugar Snacks

Sugar Snacks. How much sugar is in your favorite snack?. On nutrition labels, sugar is measured in grams. . 5 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon. Nutrition Label. 1. How do you convert measurements? 2. Does the actual amount of stuff change? 3. If you look at this label of a Chewy Granola Bar,

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Sugar Snacks

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  1. Sugar Snacks How much sugar is in your favorite snack?

  2. On nutrition labels, sugar is measured in grams. 5 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon

  3. Nutrition Label 1. How do you convert measurements? 2. Does the actual amount of stuff change? 3. If you look at this label of a Chewy Granola Bar, how many grams of sugar are in a serving? 4. If we use the measurement conversion of 5 grams = 1 teaspoon How many teaspoons of sugar do we have?

  4. How do we convert grams to teaspoons? Step 1: Find the grams of sugar on the label. Step 2: Set up your equation and solve. 1 tsp. X grams = 5 grams 1 Step 3: Does it make sense? (We are really dividing by 5.) banana muffin

  5. How much sugar? muffin Vernors soda

  6. What else …. Chex Mix • Using the same conversion of 5 grams = 1 teaspoon How many teaspoons of fat are in Chex Mix? • How many teaspoons of protein? • How many carbohydrates? • If there are 10 grams of sugar in a Chips Ahoy cookie, how many teaspoons of sugar is that? 6. If you put 2 more teaspoons of sugar on your Captain Crunch (12 grams/serving), How much sugar?

  7. School lunch…. Work with your partner on your question. You have 3 to 5 minutes. Now move to another group with the same color paper/ question. Compare your answers. Explain any differences until you all agree on an answer.

  8. Partner questions Question 1: Sarah brought a Mountain Dew (46 grams sugar/serving) to drink at lunch. Josh brought a Sprite (26 grams sugar/serving). If they each drink one serving, how many more teaspoons of sugar did Sarah drink at lunch? Question 2: Carrie brought 1 medium slice leftover Pizza Hut pizza for her lunch (18 grams saturated fat, 1 gram sugar per serving). Mark brought 3 jelly Dunkin Donuts (5 grams fat, 6 grams sugar per donut) on the way to school and ate all three for lunch. Which lunch had more fat? Question 3: If you had your choice of the following banned energy drinks at lunch, which would you choose and why? Explain or defend your answer. Atomic X 16 oz. 38 grams sugar Jolt Blue 23.5 oz 32 grams sugar Monster XXL 23.5 oz 27 grams sugar Red Bull Cola 12 oz 31 grams sugar Rock Star 16 oz 29 grams sugar

  9. Question 4 At school lunch today you had the following choices: Burrito Chili & Cheese, Chicken Fajita, or Mac & cheese Smokies. Compare the calories, fat, and carbohydrates of the Chicken Fajita to one of the other choices. Burrito Chili & Cheese 588 calories 27.9 grams fat 50 grams carbohydrate Chicken Fajita 460 calories 20.6 grams fat 38.4 grams carbohydrate Mac & Cheese Smokies 448 calories 29 grams fat 25 grams carbohydrate

  10. Let’s Experiment • How much sugar is in your favorite snack? Supplies: nutrition label, baggie, measurement tool, sticky label, sugar. Label: Your name snack name sugar in teaspoons

  11. Human sugar graph Silent line from least amount to greatest.

  12. Exit Questions • Chips Ahoy

  13. Emotions Label

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