Have students read labels on different drinks to compare nutrient content and assess their own current nutrient intake from beverages.
Materials:
Calcium and Vitamin D are both necessary for building strong bones. If kids get enough calcium when they are young, they’ll have a better chance of avoiding the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
This activity can be extended to both math and science. For a math activity, invite students to track their beverage consumption as a class and calculate the percentage of students who meet their daily calcium requirements. Can they make a connection between beverage consumption and meeting the requirements? As a science activity students can explore bone health and osteoporosis prevention.
To continue the learning experience download a free
Think Your Drink reproducible master (pdf)
Think Your Drink features nutrient bar graphs of 8 popular beverages making it easy for your students to read the nutrient pluses and minuses of their favorite drinks.
Recommended Calcium Amounts:
Children 1-3 500mg (3 Milk Group servings/day)
Children 4-8 800 mg(3 Milk Group servings/day)
Teens 9-18 1,300mg (4 Milk Group servings/day)
