This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals Which food gives the most energy? Subject:Science Age group:12–14 Topic:Chemistry practical EAL Nexus resource Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. © British Council 2015 Source | This resource was originally developed by Ruth Wilson and Remy Mal for Wolverhampton Local Authority and Heath Park Business and Enterprise College and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.

We wanted to find out which …

… type of food gives the most energy.

We put the substance on the end of a pin in a cork.

We poured 10ml water into a boiling tube.

We clamped the boiling tube into a stand.

We lit the food using a wooden spill.

We heated the water using the energy from the burning food.

We used a thermometer to measure the temperature change.

We recorded the temperature at the beginning and the end.

We recorded our results in a table. Type of foodTemperature at the beginning Temperature at the end

We found out that the _________ gives more energy than __________. The __________ gives less energy than __________. The __________ gives the most energy of all the foods we tested. The __________ gives the least energy.

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