MATHEMATICS SCHOOL BASE ASSESSMENT
Name of candidate: Natalia Lewis
Candidate Number:
Center Number:
TOPIC: An investigation into the number of sugary drinks consumed by fifth form students daily.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Method of Data Collection………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4
Objectives……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5
Presentation of Data……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6-11
Analysis of Data…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
Discussion of Findings………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14
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INTRODUCTION
According to research done on [Link], sugary drinks are proven to be mostly
consumed by adolescents and young adults. The attraction caused by sugary drinks according to
[Link], the brain triggers the production of dopamine. The feeling then leaves as fast as it arrives and
leaves the body in want of more. The researcher is a fifth form student at the Frome Technical High
school and observed that most students solely drink sugary drinks throughout the entire school day.
Students are eager to gain information as to why this issue is a persistent one and what can be done to
alleviate this problem. In this SBA, the researcher is gaining information on the actual number of
students of fifth form that intake sugary drinks.
With this information the health risk and effects of the consumption of an unhealthy number of sugary
drinks will be written about.
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OBJECTIVES
Find out the effects sugary drinks have on students.
Investigate the neurological aspects as to why the attraction to sugary drinks is so strong.
Discover how this problem of sugary drinks in school can be dealt with.
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METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
The investigation technique chosen by the researcher was to create a questionnaire which would be
issued to five selected classes of fifth form. From each of the five classes five persons were selected
to complete the questionnaire.
Reason this method of investigation was chosen:
It can be done at the convenience of the researcher.
It is less time consuming than most other methods of data collection.
It is guaranteed to be confidential.
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PRESENTATION OF DATA
This is a survey in which data is being collected on the topic of sugary drinks consumption in fifth form.
There are 11 questions on this form. It would be appropriated if ALL questions are answered truthfully.
This questionnaire will be solely for this research project and all the identities of the respondents will be
kept confidential.
1. What is your gender?
Male:
Female:
2. What type of sugary drinks do you consume?
Pepsi
Tropics
Ginger Beer
3. How many sugary drinks do you consume throughout each school day?
0
1
2
3 or more
4. Out of the option’s ‘water’ or ‘sugary drink’, which would you most likely drink daily?
Water
Sugary drink
5. How do you feel whenever you drink sugary drinks?
Answer
6. Why do you drink sugary drink?
Answer:
7. Do you consider sugary drinks necessary?
Yes
No
8. Do you think sugary drinks affect your health?
Yes
No
9. Do you think sugary drink make meal more satisfactory?
Yes
No
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10. What effect do you think sugary drinks have on the body?
Answer:
11. If there were ever to be a ban on most of the sugary drinks being sold in schools, what positive
effect do you think this would have on the students?
Answer:
12. What is your opinion on sugary drinks?
Answer:
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PIE CHART SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TYPE OF SUGARY DRINKS CONSUMED BY FIFTH
FORMERS (fig1.2)
20 responces
0.05; 5%
0.3; 30% Pepsi
Tropics
Ginger Beer
0.65; 65%
Figure 1.2 Shows the types of sugary drinks consumed by fifth formers, it can be observed that the
students mostly drink Pepsi.
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PIE CHART SHOWING THE PERCENTAGE OF SUGARY DRINKS CONSUMED BY FIFTH FORMERS
THROUGHOUT EACH SCHOOL DAY (FIG 1.3)
20 responces
0.05; 5%
0.1; 10%
0.25; 25%
0
1
2
3 or more
0.6; 60%
Figure (1.3) from the bar graph above it can be observed that observed that fifth formers consume more
than 3 sugary drinks per day.
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PIE CHART SHOWING WHETHER STUDENTS PREFER THE OPTIONS BETWEEN WATER OR THEIR
FAVOURITE SUGARY DRINK (FIG 1.4)
Sales
35%
Water
Favourite sugary drink
65%
Figure (1.4) shows that most students prefer water than sugary drinks.
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BAR GRAPH SHOWING HOW STUDENTS FEEL AFTER CONSUMING SUGARY DRINKS (fig.1.5)
Chart Title
ENERGETIC AT FIRST THEN SLEEPY AFTEER 6
ENERGETIC THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY 2
NORMAL. NOTHING CHANGES 10
DEHYDRATED 2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Figure (1.5) it can be observed that majority of the students responded that nothing changes after
consuming sugary drinks.
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ANALYSIS OF DATA
The researcher’s goal was to determine how many sugary drinks the students in fifth form consume
daily. 4 questions from the questionnaire were chosen to be examined.
Figure 1.2 shows the types of sugary drink that the students prefer, 65% of the students drinks Pepsi
maybe because it is more addicting. While 35% drinks Tropics and the remaining 5% drinks Ginger Beer.
Figure (1.3) shows that more than 60% of the students claims to consume two sugary drinks on an
average day. Another 25% drink about one a day, while the remaining 15% is split into 10% who only
consume three sugary drinks daily and the remaining 5% consumes none. It may be said that the
majority drink two sugary drinks every day, which is likely because all of them are teenagers.
When the students were asked whether they liked water or their favorite sugary drink in figure (1.4)
65%, or 13 out of 20 respondents, said they preferred water, while 35%, or 7 out of 20 students said they
preferred sugary drinks. It may be extrapolated from this that even though some students drank sugary
drinks every day, they preferred water to the sugary drinks.
In figure (1.5) 50% respondents said that nothing changed after drinking a sugary beverage, while 30%
said they felt energic at first and subsequently drowsy after. The remaining 20% split into ten percent
each, said they felt dehydrated, while the other half said they felt energized.
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