Calcium Relay Race
Help your students learn about calcium and their bones.

Get Students Moving Calcium is not made in the body, so your students need to get it from diet in order to build and maintain strong bones. Use this activity to help your students learn about calcium in foods and how to get enough each day. This cross curricular activity can help meet outcomes in Math, Health Education and English Language Arts. Supplies Download and print 2 to 3 sets of the Calcium Flash Cards. This set of cards has pictures of 36 different foods, along with the amount of calcium in each food. Teacher’s Note
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4 - 6Theme
NutrientsCurriculum
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You can also ask students to create a snack or meal that would provide different amounts of calcium e.g., 200 mg, 300 mg, etc.