Food Chemistry
Integration Ideas and Activities
Lesson 6
Testing Liquids For Glucose

Lesson
Activities to Consider
Tools
6
Mathematics

Use cereal labels to graph the amount of sugar contained in students favorite cereal

Language Arts

Research other sugars, such as fructose or sucrose; create a map showing places in the world where plant sources of sugar are grown

Invite a nurse or doctor to visit the class and explain how diabetics use glucose paper

Write an advertisement for a low sugar cereal

Extension

Have students do a "blind" test of diet and regular soft drinks with glucose paper; identify from test results


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