APIEReading: Salt from Sea to Table
Salt: from the sea to the table
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Salt: From the Sea to the Table
Learn how salt is harvested from sea water and how much we should eat.
💡 How to use this lesson
👨🏫 For Teachers
Spend 12 minutes on this reading activity to help students learn about salt production and health guidelines.
Have students read the passage first, then check their answers together using the provided explanations.
🎓 For Learners
First, read the short passage about salt from WHO, France.fr, and Soline carefully.
Next, answer the 8 questions below from easy to hard to check your understanding.
📖 Salt: from the sea to the table
School Website ArticleWHO says that table salt is made mainly of sodium and chloride. WHO also says adults should eat less than 5 grams of salt a day, which is just under a teaspoon. France.fr says that at Guérande in France, people let sea water run through a series of basins. Sun and wind take the water away little by little until salt turns into crystals. France.fr says people have harvested Guérande salt by hand since the 3rd century. The company Soline says in good summer weather, sea water takes about 18 days to turn into brine. Soline workers collect salt by hand with a wooden tool called a gavero.
🔊 Tip: Click or tap the text above to listen to the reading passage.
📚 Vocabulary Notes
World Health Organization: a group of the United Nations that works on health.
Two things that join together to make salt.
A company that makes salt from sea water.
A place on the coast of France where people have made salt for a long time.
Very salty water.
A wooden tool used by salt workers to collect salt by hand.
Practice Exercises
Answer the 8 questions below based on the reading passage.
True or False?
Table salt is made mainly of sodium and chloride.
True or False?
WHO says that adults should eat more than 5 grams of salt every day.
Multiple Choice
According to France.fr, what takes the water away until salt turns into crystals at Guérande?
Multiple Choice
Since when have people harvested Guérande salt by hand?
Matching
Match each term on the left with its correct description:
Multiple Choice
According to the company Soline, how long does sea water take to turn into brine in good summer weather?
Short Answer
What wooden tool do Soline workers use to collect salt by hand?
Short Answer
At Guérande, people let sea water run through a series of ___ before salt turns into crystals.
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