A nice Chemicool site with a clearly presented summary of many important properties of calcium.

Here is a chart listing several calcium-rich foods (from all major food groups) and the amount of calcium they have (in micrograms) per serving. Use this chart to keep track of how much calcium you take in each day.

A very valuable site with a wealth of data on calcium, its uses and properties and some important reactions involving calcium.

This site provides a plethora of information regarding calcium homeostatis and interactions of the skeletal system. Disorders such as hypocalemia and hypercalcemia are discussed.

Information on calcium hydroxide poisoning is given. Its symptoms, treatment, and prognosis are listed as well.

Complete listing of calcium-binding proteins, including specifics on domain binding. Also contains sequence and further structural information.

This site contains general, sequential, and structural information on calcium binding proteins.

A picture of the crystal structure of calcium hydroxide. Additional plug-in required.

Kids will want to eat more dairy products when they learn the importance of calcium and when they realize that drinks, like banana milkshakes and hot chocolate, are not only nutritious but fun treats. Here, learn tips for getting young...

Students continue the research begun in the associated lesson as if they were biomedical engineers working for a pharmaceutical company. Groups each perform a simple chemical reaction (to precipitate solid calcium out of solution) to...

This resource provides a physical reaction. Hydrous and anhydrous calcium chloride react with water to produce physical exothermic and endothermic reactions.

Drink milk and eat foods from the milk group every day. Find tips at this website to help you make healthy and safe choices to make sure you get the calcium you need.

Animated slide show illustrating Morton Mandel and Akiko Higa's calcium chloride method of DNA transformation.

Learners investigate physical and chemical properties of several chlorine compounds such as iron chloride, calcium chloride, and sodium chloride. The students will then discover that chlorine is one of the building blocks of matter and...

This site provides information about the element Calcium (Ca), and includes its atomic structure, isotopes, and other facts.

Lesson plans and activities to encourage girls to get physically active and to snack on foods that make healthy bones. Gives basic facts about bones and relates how eating foods with calcium and vitamin D gives a person strong bones....

In this lab, students are scientists from the Department of Agriculture and presented with the problem that a farmer has brought to them. The farmer believes the problems are due to illegal dumping of PCB's and other chemicals that...

An introduction to the function of the skeletal system, including blood cell production and the importance of calcium.

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.

Students will use this activity to determine what keeps our bones strong. Soaking the bones in vinegar will remove the calcium from the bones causing them to become soft and rubbery. Students will find that when we age, calcium is...

Do you know which foods have lots of calcium for your bones? How do your bones and muscles work together? What are you doing to keep your muscles strong? Students are exposed to 10 activities that will help them address the...

Information, advice, activities, stories, and games about the importance of healthy bones for women and girls.

Thorough overview of kidney stones. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.

Learn how signals are relayed inside a cell starting from the cell membrane receptor. Look at the general characteristics of intracellular signal transduction pathways, as well as some relay mechanisms commonly used in these pathways.