Students walked away from math today better able to visualize how much a gram is. After learning how to read packaging lables, including: servings size, ingredients, and sugar content; students rotated through stations reading labels on various food products. As they did so, they weighed out how many grams of sugar are in one serving of the product. Products ranged from Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Sunny D, milk, cereals, candies, and more. Maybe these fifth graders will even walk away from this lesson with the life skill of being a more informed consumer when purchasing food products.
