Magnets for Breakfast Classroom Kit Discover that there really IS metallic iron in your breakfast cereal. email to friend
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Discover that there really is metallic iron in your breakfast cereal! Using the power of magnetism, test the cereal dry, float it on water, then make cereal soup to see the tiny bits of floating iron that are designed to make us more healthy. Impress your family at the breakfast table. It's the scientific way to start your day! Ages 6 and up.

What's included?

8 Boxes of Iron fortified breakfast cereal
8 Ceramic Magnets
8 Quart size zipper lock bag
4 Iron filing cases
1 Teacher activity guide
1 Student activity guide (black line master)

How does it work?

Nutritional iron is added to most cereals as a food supplement. The amazing thing is that you can actually extract the iron! Dissolve the cereal in water and pull the iron toward you with a powerful magnet, to see what you're eating for breakfast!

What does it teach?

Discover how important iron is in our diets, and that you can actually "see" it in your food!