In this lesson, young scholars will learn that minerals are a necessary part of our diet. They will learn that different minerals have different functions in the body. More specifically, they will discover that iron is necessary to carry oxygen around the body. In the associated activity, students will design a process that removes the most iron from the cereal.

Concepts

calcium, engineering, iron, minerals, potassium, zinc, stem

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Additional Tags

fortify food, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, nutrition

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)