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Lab Experiments in Nutrition

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Looking for authentic hands-on nutritional experiments? High schoolers will perform experiments to test for the presence of vitamin C in several solutions as well as the effect of caffeine on Daphnia. They will also consider the advertising used to sell food regardless of its nutritional value. This is a very well composed activity that provides extensions, vocabulary, and a lab experiment.

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vitamin c, vitamins

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hydrophilic vitamins, hydrophobic vitamins, vitamin c, Biology, health
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Health
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For Teacher Use
Duration
4 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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