Nutrition Lessons: Fat and Sugar Nutrition Lab Health Curriculum: High School Health Curriculum Health Lessons

Nutrition Lesson: Exploring Healthy Eating Through a Fat and Sugar Lab Experiment

This nutrition lesson is designed to teach students about healthy eating habits in a fun and engaging way. The highlight is the fat and sugar lab experiment, where students will be shocked to see the amount of fat and sugar present in everyday products!

This digital download product, is editable in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for print and online on Google Drive.

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>> Meets all HS National Health Education Standards. 

>> Meets all HS Technical Subjects Health Common Core Standards.

>> Meets all Washington State’s rigorous Health Education Standards.

Key Features of This Resource:

• 15 Printable Food Item Sheets: These sheets are essential for conducting the lab experiment and understanding the nutritional content of different products.
• Engaging Lesson: Students will be surprised by the shocking amounts of fat and sugar in common products.
• Online & Printable: All student worksheets and PowerPoints are available online on Google Slides, making it easy to access and print.
• Step-by-Step Teacher Directions: Clear instructions to guide you through each lesson, making it easy to follow along and engage students.
• Fun Experiment: The "Guess Which Product Has the Most Saturated Fat and Sugar" experiment is designed to be interactive and hands-on.
• Hands-On Learning: Students will fill baggies with teaspoons of Crisco or sugar to visualize how much fat and sugar are in certain products.
• Math & Label Reading: Students will practice estimating and food label reading, sharpening their math and nutrition skills.
• Optional Full Days: Two optional full days of lessons are available to introduce the main lesson, providing additional context and learning opportunities.

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Resource Highlights:

• 116-Slide PowerPoint: Includes pre-lesson slides on calories, carbohydrates, diabetes, and sugar, along with colorful pictures and food labels for the 15 food items. (All new graphics and backgrounds!)
• 41-Slide Obesity Slideshow: Shows the obesity rates of each state, providing important context for the lesson.
• 14-Slide Portion Sizes PowerPoint: Compares portion sizes today versus those from the 1960s.
• 27 Pages of Teacher Directions: Detailed, step-by-step directions that align with the PowerPoint slides to guide you through the lesson.
• Sugar Experiment Worksheet: A worksheet for students to document their findings during the sugar and fat experiment.
• Follow-up Homework Assignment: The "Fat and Sugar Homework" assignment helps reinforce the lesson’s key concepts.
• Gain Muscle Brochure: A brochure to promote healthy habits and muscle building.

Day 1: Obesity and Maintaining a Healthy Weight

• Objective: Introduce students to obesity, poor nutrition habits, family genetics, and the concept of calories.
• Activities:
  • PowerPoint on why people are overweight, including false diet advertising and unhealthy eating patterns.
  • Students will use a formula to calculate how many calories they need daily to maintain their weight.

Day 2: Learning About Carbohydrates and Sugars

• Objective: Help students understand the difference between “good” carbs (complex carbohydrates) and simple sugars.
• Activities:
  • Comparison of whole grains and simple sugars, followed by a calculation of the maximum daily sugar intake based on calorie intake.
  • Introduction to diabetes and its connection to sugar consumption.
  • Optional videos for deeper learning.

Day 3: Experiment Day!

• Objective: Engage students in a hands-on activity to measure fat and sugar content in common products.
• Activities:
  • Students will rank products based on their perceived level of saturated fat and sugar.
  • They will pair up, pick a product, and measure either sugar or Crisco (saturated fat) using baggies and teaspoons.
  • Students will walk around the room, filling in the correct amounts of fat and sugar for each product.
  • Afterward, they will compare their answers, correct any misconceptions, and reflect on what they learned.

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