Note that to avoid listing sugar as the first
ingredient in their products, some sneaky food makers use multiple
types of sugar (
e.g. honey, cane sugar, and brown rice syrup), each
of which alone may be smaller in volume than the
ingredient listed first (
e.g. oats) even though taken together, sugar forms a far larger portion.
Participants engaged with materials and activities in whole group and small groups that demonstrate that science lessons can be richer, deeper learning experiences when we, 1) slow down the process and provide repeated experience over time with key concepts (
e.g., observing and exploring
ingredients one day; making play dough another day), 2) incorporate language and literacy into science explorations intentionally (
e.g., using informational texts; using visual aids and key words in DLL children's home language), and 3) connect science to other content areas and provide extension activities that continue conceptual learning across time and across the classroom (
e.g., measurement with
ingredients; discussing other
types of mixtures during snack time).