KS1/KS2 Powerpoints and PDF lesson plan
KS1, KS2
Years 1-6
This lesson plan and comic-style story are designed to teach KS2 pupils about looking after their teeth via an ‘egg teeth’ experiment.
Developed with teachers and dental experts, this PowerPoint presentation use a simple ‘egg teeth’ science experiment to introduce the idea of how sugary drinks can affect teeth.
Dental health is an important issue. Every ten minutes a child in England has a rotten tooth removed. On average, children miss three days of school as a result of dental issues.
Teeth KS2 learning objectives
After completing these lessons, students should be able to:
- Design an experiment to show how sugary drinks can affect teeth
- Describe ways to keep their teeth healthy
- Understand that eating or drinking too much sugar causes tooth decay
What you’ll need for the egg teeth experiment
- Egg shells
- Clear cups
- High sugar cola
- Milk or water
- High sugar sports drinks, squash or juice
- White labels for cups
Making the egg teeth experiment fair
- What will you keep the same for each egg? Amount of liquid, length of time they stay in the liquid
- What will you change? Different liquid in each cup (one should be water)
- What will you measure? Amount/rate of discolouration
- How will you measure it? Compare to white egg / arrange in order of light to dark etc.
Curriculum links
- Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions
- Set up simple practical enquiries
- Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests
Browse more resources from Public Health England and Change4Life. Design your own toothpaste in this KS2 properties of materials lesson plan.
