overview to 'are sport drinks for you?'

Overview to 'Are Sport Drinks For You?'

In this unit of work the students are required to scientifically look at a variety of Sport Drinks that are freely available and assess their purposes and determine their uses.

After being involved with teacher directed investigative activities, the students will then pose questions in relation to a variety of scientific investigations that they can undertake about the topic. Students select an investigation that interests them and plan an experiment to achieve their hypothesis. Students conduct the experiment in a scientific manner and draw conclusions in relation to their hypothesis and to the scientific principle.

After they have ascertained certain data about their chosen sport drink product(s), students will then go onto research about the effects of these substances on the human body.