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A sugary Tax

These lessons are suitable for upper KS2.

Pupils will research and understand the nutritional value of foods and drinks focussing on sugar content and identify foods and drinks with high sugar levels.
The initial task pupils will complete would be to ‘Thought Shower’ which foods have high sugar content, then compile a list of named foods and drinks and prices of these foods and drinks.
In TP’s using supermarkets online look up foods and drinks listing Carbohydrates of which are sugars per 100g per serving and the prices. Research the same product on two different supermarkets listing the prices.
Answering the Question: Is there a difference in price between the supermarkets?
Lesson two will give opportunities for pupils to work out the tax that would be enforced comparing the price to the price before tax is added. This lesson carries over to lesson three where pupils will use the calculations of the VAT on the food and input data of the amount of teaspoons of sugar in drinks and foods to create a pie chart and then to write a summary of findings. In this summary of what your results show, pupils will their own opinions on the sugar tax.

Lesson four is a practical lesson in bread making weighing out correctly ingredients to bake a loaf of bread and follow instructions carefully of a bread recipe. This lesson is linked to a science lesson where pupils will look at how yeast works and that some microbes are beneficial.

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