Anatomy of a Pizza

My colleagues have been using the McMush lab to test for the presence of macromolecules in a Happy Meal, but it honestly makes me gag, so I’ve been on the lookout for a replacement. Then today, I serendipitously found both this image and this resource!!! Pizza truly is the best thing ever.

pizza salad

Basically, in this activity, students dissect a slice of pizza and determine which food group each part comes from, the average portion size of each of the components, and then the caloric value of them.