Popcorn Nutrition

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Read a snack nutrition chart and answer questions.

Subjects: Mathematics, Health

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

Objectives
Students will:

• compare nutrition levels of snack foods, and
• correctly calculate differences in nutritional value.

Keywords
nutrition, snack, snack foods, popcorn, ice cream, fat, carbohydrates, cholesterol, calories, serving, math, statistics, calculate, protein, sugar, sweet

Materials Needed

• a copy of the How Nutritious Are Your Snacks? chart ( PDF, 12.5K) or access to the chart online
• How Nutritious Are Your Snacks? work sheet ( PDF, 16K), one copy per student

Procedure
Share with students the nutrition information on the packages of some common foods. Talk about the information displayed on the nutrition information panels.

Introduce students to the How Nutritious Are Your Snacks? chart ( PDF,12.5K ). You might

• project the chart from the Internet onto a screen;
• copy the chart onto a transparency and use an overhead projector to project the chart; or,
• provide a photocopy of the chart for each student.

Discuss the chart.

Provide each student with a copy of the How Nutritious Are Your Snacks? work sheet ( PDF, 16K). Give students time to complete the work sheet on their own or in pairs. After students complete the work sheet, go over it with them to make sure they know how to read the chart and understand the meaning of the chart's nutritional information.

Assessment
Students should provide at least eight correct answers: 1. 343 calories; 2. fruit roll-up; 3. potato chips; 4. wafer and milk chocolate candy bar; 5. vanilla ice cream cone; 6. vanilla ice cream cone; 7. potato chips; 8. 71 grams; 9. 1 gram; 10. 107 grams.

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