LIQUID CANDY

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LIQUID CANDY

• Should pop machines be banned from schools?

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The situation

• Your school board is considering banning the sale
  of soft drinks in schools. You have been asked
  to prepare a presentation for the board outlining
  the perspective and opinion of the students in
  your school on this decision as well as giving
  your personal recommendation.

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Presentation to the board

• Your presentation to the board will consist of
  two parts
• the results of your student survey
• your personal recommendation to the board

Task 2
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Getting started

• Using web based resources you will investigate
  the case for and against banning the sale of soft
  drinks in schools.
• You will present this information to the students
  in your school - you may choose to use a
  newsletter format or you may use a power point
  presentation.

Process 2
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The Vote

• You will prepare a ballot and have a student
  referendum.
• The results of the vote will be presented to the
  next school board meeting along with your
  personal recommendation based on your research.

Process 3
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Research

• The following slides will lead you to web sites
  with information about the soft drink industry
  and about the impact of soft drinks on health.
• Answer each of the questions and use this
  information to present to the students at your
  school so that they can make an informed decision.

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Are Soft Drinks Harming Health?

• Go to this website http//www.cspinet.org/sodapop
  /liquid_candy.htm

Resource 2
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Increase in consumption

• How has consumption of soft drinks changed ?
• What are some reasons for this change?
• What might explain the difference in soft drink
  consumption between girls and boys?

Task 3
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Pop vs Milk

• How has increased consumption of soft drinks
  affected milk consumption in teens?

Task 4
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Health Impact

• What is the position of the soft drink industry
  on the contribution of soft drinks to health?
• Health risks result from both what soft drinks
  might contain and what they might replace. What
  are some of these health risks?

Task 5
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Marketing

• Who do soft drink companies target in their
  marketing?
• How do beverage prices influence consumption?

Task 6
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Corporate citizenship

• How do Coke and Pepsi contribute to the world as
  corporate citizens?
• Coke website
• Pepsi website

Resource 3
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Recommendations
Task 7

• What recommendations do you think might have the
  most influence on consumption of soft drinks by
  adolescents?
• How many soft drinks have you consumed in the
  past 24 hours? Was this usual or unusual for
  you? After reading this article would you
  consider reducing the amount of pop you consume?
  Why or why not?

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Need more information?

• Straight facts about beverage choices (American
  Dietetic Association)
• National soft drink association
• Let them drink soda pop

Resource 4
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And just for fun visit this website!

• http//www.saveharry.com/liquidcandy.html
• play the game!
• Do you think that websites like this might
  encourage students to reduce the amount of pop
  that they drink? Why or why not?

Resource 5
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Now you are ready to

• Present information to the students at your
  school.
• Hold a referendum.
• Summarize the results of the student vote and
  report on the students perspective.
• Summarize your own perspective on whether pop
  machines should be banned.

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Evaluation

• Click here to go to evaluation rubric

Evaluation
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References

• http//www.eatright.org/nfs0901.html
• http//www.saveharry.com/liquidcandy.html
• http//www.cspinet.org/sodapop/liquid_candy.htm
• http//www.pepsi.com/current/index.html
• http//www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/index.html