Science Water

For the last two weeks, we have been looking at the body and all the food groups that we need to generate our body so that it is the healthiest it can be for us. Those groups include fiber, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins/minerals, and water 

Some examples of fiber are: 

• "Wholegrain breakfast cereals, wholewheat pasta, wholegrain bread and oats, barley and rye.
• Fruit such as berries, pears, melon, and oranges.
• Vegetables such as broccoli, carrots, and sweetcorn.
• Peas, beans, and pulses.
• Nuts and seeds.
• Potatoes with skin."

Some examples of carbohydrate are:

• Glucose.
• Galactose.
• Maltose.
• Fructose.
• Sucrose.
• Lactose.
• Starch.
• Cellulose.

Some examples of  proteins are:

• Meat, 
• cheese, 
• eggs, 
• bread 
• Humes 
• nuts and seeds

Some examples of lipids are:

"Fats, oils, waxes, certain vitamins (such as A, D, E, and K), hormones, and most of the cell membrane that is not made up of protein. Lipids are not soluble in water as they are non-polar, but are thus soluble in non-polar solvents such as chloroform."

Some examples of vitamins/minerals are:

"Calcium, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, and zinc. Minerals and trace elements are mainly found in meat, cereals, fish, milk and dairy foods, vegetables, dried fruit, and nuts."

But today I did the water side of it with me and my buddy Lhysette. We made a poster on canva of some reasons why it is important to have water all the time in our lives.

Hurumanu 6 health

Today for health we looked at the different types of things that you should have in our meals each day like vegetables and fruit dairy protein and grain foods. We hade to wright down what we think something healthy to eat for each meal. 

This is what my healthy meal for each thing is. 

Your Task: Create a meal plan for 1 day that includes all the necessary amounts for each of the 4 Food Groups

Vegetables + Fruit - at least 3 servings of vege and 2 servings of fruit every day 

Grain foods - 6 servings each day (check portion sizes)

Milk/Milk products - 2 servings

Legumes/Nuts/Seeds/Fish/Seafood/Eggs/Poultry/Meat etc. - 2 servings 

When you have created your meal plan, please highlight each food based on the colours provided above. This will help us clearly see where each of the food groups has fit in. Remember, you want each meal to be a balanced plate.

Bonus research: how many glasses of water should we have each day? Fit this into your meal plan. 

Breakfast	2 weet-bix with strawberry yoghurt diced strawberries and milk.
Lunch	Sandwich wheat bread mayonnaise cucumber lettuce tomato and  ham.
Snack	mandarin and muesli bar.
Dinner	Roast with potatoes carrot gravy peas and salad
Water	How many servings per day? 1-2 letters each day  How do you think you could fit these in besides just at mealtimes?  You should have water while you're eating lunch. You should have water while you're eating dinner.  You might need to have some water while you're eating your snack.

Sugar And Drinks

This week on Tuesday we had math and health. For maths, we look at sugar and drinks and how much sugar was in drinks. For the activity we had to work in groups, we had to put teaspoons of sugar in a small Ziploc bag. The amount of sugar we put in a Ziploc bag was the amount of sugar in a drink.  I was really surprised when a bottle fizzy had 20 teaspoons and sports drink Had 14 teaspoons in it. We have some photos of our math activities.

This is a photo of my group.

This is a photo of all the sugar in the ziplock bag for each drink 

I hope you enjoyed my blog post I really found a lot about sugar and drinks. And all the measurements of sugar are interesting and some are really surprising with how much sugar they had in them.