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 Label1. 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?

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

How much sugar?muffin Vernors soda

What else ….

Chex Mix1. Using the same conversion of 5 grams = 1 teaspoon How many teaspoons of fat are

in Chex Mix?2. How many teaspoons of protein?3. How many carbohydrates?4. If there are 10 grams of sugar in aChips Ahoy cookie, how many teaspoonsof sugar is that?6. If you put 2 more teaspoons of sugar on yourCaptain Crunch (12 grams/serving), How much sugar?

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.

Partner questionsQuestion 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 sugarJolt Blue 23.5 oz 32 grams sugarMonster XXL 23.5 oz 27 grams sugarRed Bull Cola 12 oz 31 grams sugarRock Star 16 oz 29 grams sugar

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 calories27.9 grams fat50 grams carbohydrate

Chicken Fajita 460 calories20.6 grams fat38.4 grams carbohydrate

Mac & Cheese Smokies 448 calories29 grams fat25 grams carbohydrate

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

Human sugar graph

Silent line from least amount to greatest.

Exit Questions

• Chips Ahoy

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