BONE ZONE STATIONS
These stations complement Bone Zone: Messages
for anyone with bones, an award-winning program
aimed at helping Grade 5-8 students build healthy
bones through calcium and exercise.
After showing the videos that accompany Bone
Zone, we strongly recommend that you set up the
following stations to give students an opportunity to
practice the key messages they learned:
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If you have enough
time, you can add these
optional stations:
• Whiz Quiz
• How do you quench
your thirst?
Calculate your calcium intake! Or Calcium
Worksheet (depending on the level of your
students)
Invent a jumping game!
Make a calcium-rich snack!
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Materials:
Here is a list ofStation
what you will need for the Bone Zone stations:
Materials
Station
Calculate your calcium intake!
(If time for a full lesson)
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Materials
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A class set of Calcium Calculator™ (Master provided)
If you have enough time and computer and internet access for all
your students, you can use the online Calcium Calculator™
instead.
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A class set of Calcium Worksheet (Master provided)
A class set of Calcium Calculator™
Sizing Up Servings Poster
Measuring utensils
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Optional: space for practicing the jumping games
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Milk, yogourt and/or buttermilk
Frozen or fresh fruit
Sugar or honey
Blender
Class set of Dixie cups
Spoons
Spatula
Copy of the recipe
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A class set of the quizzes: The Bone Bank, Skeleton in the Closet,
Bone Building Olympics ( from the Bone Zone teacher Guide)
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A class set of Thirst for Nutrition brochures
Or
Calcium Worksheet
(if doing station)
2 Invent a jumping game!
Make a calcium-rich snack!
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If you have time, add the optional stations below
4 Whiz Quiz
5 How do you quench your thirst?
Resources highlighted can be ordered from the BC Dairy Foundation.
Visit http://bcdairyfoundation.ca/resource_catalogue/how_to_buy to print a BC Dairy
Foundation order form.
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Calculate your calcium intake!
How much calcium do you get in one day?
Use the Calcium Calculator™ to find this out. Don’t
forget to fill out both sides of the form! Think
carefully about the portions you eat when you
calculate your own calcium intake.
Make a plan to get more if you need to.
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Calcium Worksheet
How much calcium is in different foods?
Answer the 5 questions on the Calcium Worksheet.
Use the Calcium Calculator™, the Sizing Up
Servings poster and measuring utensils to help you
with your answers.
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Calcium Worksheet
1.
One cup of milk has __________ mg of calcium.
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List 3 foods that have 300 mg of calcium per serving. List the serving size for each.
Food
serving size
a. _______________
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b. _______________
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c. _______________
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3.
You already had enough milk, yogourt and cheese today but still need to get 300 mg of calcium. List one way you could get
another 300 mg. Your answer can include more than one food.
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TOTAL 300 mg
4.
If two slices of bread contain 50 mg of calcium, how many mg are in 1 slice?
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Make a plan for a snack that has 200 mg of calcium.
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TOTAL 200 mg
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Invent a jumping game!
1. Make a list of things you like to do that involve jumping.
2. Invent a new game! Write down a description of the game,
including any rules, number of people required and whether any
equipment is necessary.
Canada’s Physical Activity Guide suggests we should do activities to strengthen bones
and muscles 2-4 times/week.
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Make a calcium-rich snack!
1. Measure 1 cup of dairy ingredients (milk, yogourt or buttermilk) and 1 cup of
frozen fruit into a blender.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Taste and add sugar or honey as needed.
4. Write down your recipe!
5. If you drank 1 cup of your mix, how much calcium would you get? (Hint: use
the Calcium Calculator™)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup yogourt
1 cup frozen fruit medley
2 spoonfuls of sugar
Whiz Quiz
Try completing each of the quizzes:
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The Bone Bank
Skeleton in the Closet
Bone Building Olympics
If you can’t complete some of the questions now, hold them until
you complete each station.
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How do you quench your thirst?
Check how much fluid you drink in a day using the back page of
the Thirst for Nutrition brochure.
Do you drink enough?
Look over your beverage choices.
Which beverages are calcium-rich?
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