Download the worksheets for students here.

 

Download the answer key here.

 

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How do we get kids to think about healthy eating? How do we teach them critical thinking when it comes to choosing food? A few weeks ago, we asked for your ideas, just as the new school year is about to begin. We received many great suggestions.

We decided to start out with simple and fun worksheets geared for elementary and middle school children. In these pages,  students need to read ingredient lists and nutrition labels of some of their favorite foods, and then answer a few questions. There’s a fair mix of reading comprehension, math, and a bit of science. Based on their analysis of a product’s nutrients and ingredients, the kids are asked to “grade” it.

We’ve created worksheets for 5 favorite kids products. Each product has two types of work pages:

- specific questions about nutrition (math orientation)

- general appraisal (verbal orientation)

For teachers / parents we have also created an answer key.

Here is a sample worksheet (click to enlarge):

Here is another example (click to enlarge):

Here’s a “bonus” exercise that asks the kids to match product pictures with their ingredients lists:

 

Download the worksheets for students here.

 

Download the answer key here.

 

We’d love to get your feedback and more ideas…

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