Hop into a resource on Beer's Law. A PowerPoint presentation introduces Beer's law as part of calculating bone density from X-ray images in the sixth instructional activity in the series of seven. Individuals work on practice problems with this law and then create a pamphlet highlighting what they have learned about bone density.

Concepts

bones, light, light intensity, x-rays, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign the practice problems as homework

Classroom Considerations

• There is an associated activity for the lesson
• Scholars must be proficient with exponents and logarithms from previous lessons

Pros

• Provides worksheets and handouts for each portion of the lesson
• Includes a short quiz to review material on logarithms

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSA-SSE.A.1.a HSA-SSE.B.3.a HSA-SSE.B.3.c HSA-CED.A.4 HSA-REI.A.2 HSA-REI.B.3 HSF-BF.B.5 HSF-LE.A.4