Reading nutrition labels
Read and compare the nutrition information on food packaging — serving size, per-100 g values for energy, sugars, salt (sodium), saturated fat and fibre, and any front-of-pack rating used locally — to choose the healthier of similar products
Lesson
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“Reading nutrition labels means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- A battery, bulb, and wires OR a warm/cool cup comparison setup
- Paper for a simple energy-path note
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Worked example. Battery → wires → bulb: chemical energy becomes light (and some heat).
Optional challenge. For Reading nutrition labels, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Reading nutrition labels, not mastery.
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Reading nutrition labels means practising the idea at the table with a simple hands-on check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: A battery, bulb, and wires OR a warm/cool cup comparison setup; Paper for a simple energy-path note. 1. Say the goal of Reading nutrition labels in plain words once. 2. Adult shows one energy transfer (circuit lights, or heat moving to a cooler hand nearby) and names the path. 3. Child traces or describes three energy paths and says what changed. 4. Fresh check: one fresh energy-path description. Record and stop. Done: three energy-path notes with a before/after change. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Bones, Muscles & Joints
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Bones, Muscles & Joints supports Reading nutrition labels. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public KidsHealth page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
KidsHealth. “Bones, Muscles & Joints.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Find the per-100 g column on the nutrition panels of two breakfast cereals and say which has less sugar and which has more fibre
- Compare the salt (sodium) and saturated fat of two snacks per 100 g, rather than per serve, and explain why per 100 g gives a fair comparison
- Use the nutrition panel together with a local front-of-pack rating (e.g. the Health Star Rating in Australia) to choose the healthier of two similar products and justify the choice
“In the supermarket, if your child picks up two boxes of cereal, can they use the nutrition labels to work out which one has less sugar and more fibre?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- The Human Body
- Age range
- Ages 11–12
Standards