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Teacher and school pack
8 free, printable classroom resources on labels, hydration, sleep, portions, sugar, steps, food miles and energy — each with objectives, an activity, a worksheet and teacher notes.
The resources
Reading a nutrition label
Students learn to read a back-of-pack nutrition label — per 100 g versus per serving, the ingredients list, the sugars and salt lines and front-of-pack colours — using a worked example with invented figures, then answer questions from it.
A week of hydration
Students record their drinks for a week on a simple grid, then reflect on when they drink, what counts towards fluid, and how needs change with weather and activity. Built around European adequate-intake figures.
A one-week sleep diary
Students keep a seven-night sleep diary — bedtime, wake time, hours, how rested they feel and their evening screen use — then look for their own patterns. Uses the recommended 8–10 hours for teenagers as the reference.
What does a portion look like?
A hands-on activity where students use the hand-portion method and a balanced-plate model to plan a meal, then label a blank plate. Focus is on estimating amounts without a scale, not on calories or dieting.
How much sugar is in that drink?
Students use real drink labels to calculate the sugar in a serving and convert it to teaspoons (4 g each), turning an abstract "22 g" into something they can picture. A maths-and-measures task, framed around understanding labels rather than banning drinks.
A class step challenge
Teams record their daily steps on a printable scoreboard for a week or two, set a shared goal, and reflect on how activity fits into a day. The focus is participation, goal-setting and handling data — not winners and losers by fitness.
Where does our food come from?
A discussion-led activity in which students trace the origins of common foods and weigh up "food miles" — while learning that distance is only one part of a food's environmental footprint. An open-ended enquiry, not a right-answer quiz.
Energy in, energy out
A science lesson on how the body uses food as energy: energy per gram of each macronutrient, what "energy balance" means, and simple arithmetic worked on an example scenario. Framed strictly as the science of energy, with a deliberate steer away from dieting and weight for this age group.
How to print a worksheet
Open any resource and press print (Ctrl+P on Windows, Cmd+P on a Mac). The site header, footer, navigation and links are set to disappear on paper, so what prints is the title, the instructions and the worksheet itself — a clean sheet you can photocopy for a class. Choosing "Save as PDF" in the print dialog gives you a file to keep or share with colleagues. The worksheets are plain HTML with real ruled lines and tables, so they print reliably without any special software.
Everything here is free to use, print and photocopy for classroom teaching. The answer keys are on the same page as the worksheet, so decide whether to project, hide or hand them out.
How the pack is designed
- Each resource states its learning objectives, a run-of-lesson plan, a printable worksheet and teacher notes, so it drops into a lesson with little preparation.
- Curriculum links are kept generic — most resources suit lower-secondary science, health or PSHE, roughly ages 11–14 — so they fit whatever framework you teach.
- Any figure in a worksheet is either simple arithmetic (salt = sodium × 2.5, 4 g per teaspoon of sugar, energy per gram) or a clearly-labelled invented example. No real brands, prices or products are presented as data.
- The food, sugar and energy resources are written to steer AWAY from weight and dieting and towards the underlying science and habits — the appropriate framing for young people.
- These are teaching materials, not medical advice, and each carries a note to follow your school's pastoral and safeguarding routes if a topic raises a concern about a pupil.
These materials are for classroom teaching and general education. They are not medical or dietary advice. Handle the food, sleep, sugar and energy topics sensitively, and follow your school's safeguarding procedures if a pupil raises a concern.
Source: Standard public guidance (EFSA water-intake reference values, EU food-labelling rules, Atwater energy factors) and simple arithmetic · checked 2026-09-02
Frequently asked questions
Can I photocopy these for my class?
Yes. The worksheets are free to print and photocopy for classroom teaching. Press print on any resource and the site chrome drops away, leaving a clean sheet.
What age group are they for?
Most suit lower-secondary science, health or PSHE — roughly ages 11–14 — but several scale up or down. Each resource states its suggested level.
Are the numbers in the worksheets real?
The methods and conversions are real (salt from sodium, teaspoons of sugar, energy per gram). Worked examples use invented figures, clearly labelled as such, so no real product is misrepresented.
Do these give diet advice to students?
No. The food, sugar and energy resources are deliberately framed as science and label literacy, not dieting, and the teacher notes steer away from weight and towards habits and understanding.
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A classroom tool students can keep using
TempoLife is a free habit tracker for food, steps and sleep. The step-challenge and diary activities carry straight over into it beyond the lesson.