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The Chemistry Involved in Bone Loss (TI-Nspire™)

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A scientist processing urine samples

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades 9-12

Subject

Life Science, Physical Science, Living and Working in Space, Chemistry

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Math and Science @ Work presents a free-response-styled question for advanced high school chemistry. Students will learn about research on bone loss from NASA’s Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory. They will then conduct an experiment evaluating the reaction between sulfuric acid and calcium carbonate, the chemical that makes up bones.
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