Project! Analyzing Food Packaging

Hey 8th graders,

Now that you’ve done your taste test of the different energy and granola bars, you’re going to analyze the labels to see if the claims match up to the actual facts.

Download the following sheet, look at the packaging for your bar, and answer the questions.

DIGGIN’ IN AND ANALYZING ENERGY BARS

You’ll just need one sheet per group, but make sure you’ve got enough info to present to the class!

More hints and tips in the classroom...

Posts for Choices Magazine

Each week, I contribute a blog post to the website for Choices, Scholastic’s health and life-skills magazines for teens. You can check it out by

Evaluating Health Websites

Hey 6th graders! Did you know that online health searches are now the third most popular activity on the web? While googling information about our

Parents

Resources for parents are plentiful, and I’ll include any I come across that I think could be of use. Click here for some helpful parent

Tobacco. Gross.

Hopefully most of you know that smoking is bad. I don’t think this is going to come as a shock. You shouldn’t do it. And

Wellness for HS Seniors

College Readiness: Managing your stress and staying well.  Hey seniors!!!! You have heard senior year can be stressful… but it doesn’t have to be! Learn strategies