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Sugar Crisis

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Obesity is still on the rise, and so are health problems like diabetes and heart disease. There's a tax on soft drinks to reduce sugar consumption. But did it work? And should the government go further and include all sugary foods and drinks? 

This topical activity will help you teach about diet and the impact of lifestyle on disease. It's ideal GCSE preparation - students lose marks on AO2 and AO3 questions because they can't put together evidence-based answers.  The activity use the EDGE method to teach the underlying skill of linking evidence to a claim, so they can write better long answers. 

Curriculum links

  • Blueprint: Digestive system
  • KS3 NC: The consequences of imbalances in the diet, including obesity
  • KS4 NC: The impact of lifestyle factors on the incidence of non-communicable diseases
  • Skill:s Support claims with evidence (learn), Identify relationships & patterns (practice)

Activity contents

  • Teachers guide
  • PDF file

The activity is delivered as a zip file. After you checkout, you will be sent an email with the link to download it. 


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For the Year 7 Mastery Practice book:

For the Y9/GCSE Mastery Practice Book:

It was written to help year 7 students learn to transfer the scientific knowledge to unfamiliar situation. It can also be used by students in other years to improve their understanding of the fundamental concepts. Learning to apply is what will give students access to the 60% of marks at GCSE that demand more than recalling content. The book uses a research-based approach to teach students how to solve different types of problems.

The Practice Book has a chapter on each unit in the year 7 curriculum, based on a 5-year curriculum and AQA's KS3 Science Syllabus. Download the sample material to see exactly what concepts and types of problems are included.

The first strategy studente need to learn is to evaluate the problem and what knowledge is needed to solve it. 'Detect' simulates how an expert looks at a question. They make sense of the situation, look beyond the superficial details to find the deep structure This allows them to recognise this as an example of a problem type they have seen before, and recall the organised information they need to solve - key concepts. It ensures that students avoid their inclination to just look at the keywords, and dive in risking misunderstanding the situation. Detect is broken down into smaller steps, usually: draw a diagram, show values, identify unknown, decide the concept

This encourages students to bring into their working memory all their existing knowledge, externalise it on paper (to reduce working memory demands), and then home in on what's relevant to solving the problem.

The third stage of the problem solving strategy is the actual solution process using the knowledge from Recall.The Solve starts by showing how to use the knowledge from Recall and models a step by step process of moving towards a solution for the problem.We teach students how to write answers scientifically, using a variety of structures like claim-evidence-reasoning, and problem-solution, and cause-effect.

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maz75
Recommended!

Worked really well! Thank you so much.

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sheila1
Ban cola

This is an excellent topic. It can be applied to so many products on the market, and can bring out issues on economics, health, socialising.

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missallsopp
Worked great!

Used this with a smaller STEM club. Great for getting a debate going on something that relates to them. Bought in different drinks and got them to choose which one they wanted and give reasons. Also followed on with looking at the caffeine in some fizzy drinks and its effects on reaction times.

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bprayle
BanCola

A very topical subject. The materials in the resource pack are high quality and appropriate for KS3 class. I used this particular resource with Year 8 classes. The content prompted much discussion between the students.

Availability is a key issue, but I would have preferred a UK video rather than US because some students get the idea that the problem is 'over there' whereas it it very much here.

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mshahpal
Ban Cola?

This was a great lesson, as it opened up a lot of different aspects, from freedom, rights, being responsible and being more aware. The card sort activities gave students an opportunity to discuss and build on their understanding of what is strong or weak evidence. This last point was especially good, as it turned out to be a real eye opener for most.

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