Year 2 students explore healthy choices

As part of the unit on healthy choices, the children have been exploring good habits: enough sleep, drinking water, healthy food, washing hands before meals, and brushing teeth.

To see how drinks affect our teeth, students carried out an experiment with boiled eggs — since eggshells are very similar in composition to tooth enamel. We placed the eggs in water, cherry juice, and coke 24 hours before the next lesson, and then observed the changes.

The students were amazed at how quickly coloring pigments in drinks can affect the surface of «teeth.» This experiment showed us why it’s so important not only to brush teeth regularly, but also to spend enough time brushing them to achieve the right effect.