Lesson objectives

By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

• Identify main macronutrients and their contribution to the energy stored in food.
• Interpret food nutritional labelling.
• Determine the energy in food using calorimetry experiments.

The following practical and experimental skills will be developed:

• Taking measurements of mass and temperature
• Recording quantitative data
• Carrying out calculation of kilocalories
• Interpreting results
• Identifying sources of errors in a calorimetry experiment.

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