Nutrigrain comparison

Learning level/s: Years 5 and 6

Focus area/s: Food and nutrition

Description: Students compared Nutrigrain and a generic Coles brand that is really similar to Nutrigrain to answer the following two questions: As a consumer, 1) Which of the two cereals is healthier? 2) Which is better value for money? The artefact is a display of their findings including cost per 100 g, taste, packaging and analysis of the food labels and their individual responses to the two questions.

Measures of success: Students understand that, as a consumer, there are multiple ways of evaluating products from both a health and monetary (budgeting) value perspective. Students will be able to explain the information contained on food labels and compare products using this information. They will be able to write a persuasive text explaining their reasoning in response to the two posed questions.