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Moms Team: u.s. Dietary Reference Intakes (Dr Is) for Minerals
Here is a chart with useful information on the minerals you need to be healthy. Includes "functions" and "sources" of calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, potassium, zinc, copper, selenium, chromium, manganese, iodine, fluoride, and phosporus.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Iron
On this site, students learn about properties and characteristics of iron. Kids also learn about the element iron and its chemistry including atomic weight, atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery.
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Iron
Find out the benefits of iron in a diet and what foods are rich in the mineral. What symptoms might reveal deficiency or too much in a body?
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Anemia and Vitamin B 12
This site discusses anemia due to an insufficinency of B-12. It discusses the absorption problems of B-12 as well. Lastly it reveals what researchers have discovered is the best way to absorb B-12 into the body.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Iron Bridge in the 18th Century
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart includes some brief questions for geography and history teachers about the Iron Bridge in Shropshire, UK and could act as a starting point or for revision of the topic.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Nesta: Windows to the Universe: Iron Ore Deposits
This concise article, which is provided by Windows to the Universe, explains how iron and iron ore were formed billions of years ago.
Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeological Institute of America: Early Iron Smelting
Tells about an archaeological dig that may have uncovered one of the oldest instances of iron smelting ever. (V. 53 No. 1, Jan./Feb. 2000 )
Other
Colloidal Minerals Iron
This site provides lots of information on iron such as a description, its importance, deficiency symptoms, diet recommendations, food sources, and toxicity.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Ferrous Metals and Their Uses
Describes different alloys made with iron and what they are used for.
CNN
Cnn: Researchers: Iron Deficiency Common in u.s.
This article discusses that despite efforts of the U.S. to increase iron levels in children by introducing iron fortified foods, there is still a percentage of children found to be iron deficient.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: About Magnets (Lesson Plan)
This site provides a lesson plan which includes a hands-on activity about magnetism and magnetic fields. Parts of the plan would be easily adaptable as a student project (for any grade level).
Other
Dr mirkin.com: Iron, Other Minerals and Heart Attacks
This site is a doctor's report on how iron intake could be related to heart attack incidents.
Curated OER
[Bohr Model of Iron]
This site provides information about the element Iron (Fe) and includes its atomic structure, isotopes, and other facts.