Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
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ACTIVITY: Dierence between a starch <strong>and</strong> asugar<br />
MATERIALS:<br />
• mealie flour<br />
• flour<br />
• cooked rice, potato, bread<br />
• glucose sweets<br />
• sugar<br />
• sugar cane, if possible<br />
• fresh fruit<br />
• blindfold<br />
• clipboard<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1. Work in pairs.<br />
2. One partner must be blindfolded.<br />
3. On a piece of paper list the numbers 1-10.<br />
4. The other partner must let the blindfolded partner taste each<br />
of the foods marked 1-10. If it is flour, use a teaspoon to<br />
spoon the flour into your partner's mouth. If it is akernel like<br />
a rice or mealie kernel, or acube of fruit, put it in the palm of<br />
their h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> let them eat it themselves.<br />
5. After each taste your blindfolded partner must guess if it is a<br />
sugar or astarch based on the taste.<br />
6. Record your partners answers on the piece of paper<br />
containing the numbers 1-10.<br />
7. Swap with your partner <strong>and</strong> repeat the test.<br />
12 Life <strong>and</strong> Living
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