This post was edited by Kit Pavlekovsky on Aug, 2012
Check out the Project info and data on my blog;
falmouthblogs.org/communities/team2blog/archive/category/1562.aspx

Great lesson concept. Your comprehensive drink list adds to the value of the lesson. I enjoyed seeing your blog. It would be interesting to see where coffee, tea and cocoa stack up against these drinks. I enjoyed seeing your blog. I was unable to access your data from the blog or from this posting. This is great because it can lead to many other investigations - both health questions and data analysis questions.

PS Did you intend to include the two attachments that you referred to in your template?

PSS OOPS! The excel document was there under the mess on my computer desktop which is on top of the mess on my regular desktop. Mea culpa. Bob

Interesting lesson.
I really like the idea of having the students think about what they are putting into their bodies. I would like to use this with my high school students. I think that I would have all three data sets on one graph to show the calories, caffeine and sugar for each at the same time. The bar graph was very nice. It would also be interesting to see if the students make the connection to the other drinks that they think are "healthy" Gatorade, power aide, and the other drinks that we have available in our vending machines.

Question: Did you have specific website for the students to go to for research or just a search engine?

Michelle

I think this is a great way to have kids practice technology skills while learning something about health at the same time. I think I will try this when I do human biology with my students.

Celeste:

This is an eye opening project. High School students especially athletes are drinking too much red bull, rock star, XL dunkin donut coffees etc. this is a chance to illustrate that the caffeine load that they are receiving.

Bob McCabe

Celeste,
This lesson is very interesting. I think students will like it. It helps to make Science interesting.
Rich Briody

Thanks, Celeste. Kids do lots of good work that does not show up in the graph. I like the use of your blog! Do students know how these drinks compare with a cup of coffee? Maybe adding that to the graph would be informative.

Nick & Bob: When we were inputting our data, I did add the caffeine count of 8oz Dunkin Donuts coffee and coca cola to the mix. Michelle: Research included gatorade and powerade too. They were free to research wherever they could find info. One student found an article in the hockey magazine he subscribed to and our local paper ran a huge article during the summer that I saved and posted as a resource. I did not have them put more than one component on the graphs since each was measured in a different unit. I made sure to stress that while the nutritional info on the label was for an 8oz serving, some drinks had up to 4 servings per container!