are sports drinks for you?

Unit overview: Students investigate the differences between sports and energy drinks and recognise the advantages and disadvantages of their uses.

Author(s): John Western

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Band: Middle Years

Strand: Matter

Duration: 8 x 1 hr lessons

Published: April 2002

Financial assistance for the development of this resource was provided through the National Quality Teacher Program

Context: Main Scientific Principle of the unit: Students understand the effect of sports drinks on the human body.

Scientific Ideas within the Strand: Different materials have different properties, and these properties determine their uses. Patterns of interaction of materials enable us to understand and control these interactions.

Key Idea: Students communicate understandings about the properties and personal uses of materials. They research future availability of earth materials for human use, and explore possible sustainable alternatives to current patterns of use.
Elements of the SACSA Framework
Essential Learnings
Key Competencies
Outcome (SACSA Standards)

Futures

Interdependence  

Thinking

Communication

Link to SACSA Essential Learnings

KC1: Collecting, analysing and organising. Information                 

KC2: Communicating ideas and information.

KC3: Planning and organising activities.

List all Key Competencies

Outcome 3.7
Describes the structure of some common materials, explains how materials are used for different purposes, and understands their impact on the environment.

Outcome 4.7
1. Compares properties of materials before and after physical or chemical change by planning, conducting, evaluating and communicating an investigation.

2. Student pose questions to investigate ways in which physical and chemical processes can be altered in order to achieve desirable outcomes, such as food preservation.

Outcome 4.8
Recognises and describes conditions that influence reactions or change in materials.
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