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Factors that Affect Bone Growth
Objectives: Students will determine how exercise and forces such as gravity affect bone homeostasis

To start off, watch the video below:

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Draw a picture describing your answer for #2 (i.e. a picture of the relationship between osteoclasts and osteoblasts.)

Bone Growth and Exercise
Spend some time reading this article: The Link Between Exercise and Healthy Bones

Then, use your learning from the article to answer questions 4-6

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a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

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Bone Growth in Space
Read the following article: Why a Trip to Outer Space Could be Bad for your Bones

Then, use your learning from the article to answer questions 7-10

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a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

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Extention: Colonization of Mars
The force of gravity on Earth is 9.807 m/s2.  The force of gravity on Mars is 3.711 m/s2

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Factors that Affect Bone Growth
Objectives: Students will determine how exercise and forces such as gravity affect bone homeostasis

To start off, watch the video below:

Which of the following statements is true?

The less stress that a bone is put under, the more growth that occurs.

Astronauts experience a decrease in bone mass while in space

Broken bones take longer to heal than torn ligaments or tendons

Bones benefit the same amount from weight lifting and swimming

Which of the following best describes the relationship between osteoblasts and osteoclasts?

Osteoclasts build new bone tissue while osteoblasts destroy bone tissue

Osteoblasts build new bone tissue while osteoclasts destroy bone tissue

Osteoclasts and osteoblasts both destroy bone tissue

Osteoblasts and osteoclasts both build bone tissue

Draw a picture describing your answer for #2 (i.e. a picture of the relationship between osteoclasts and osteoblasts.)

Bone Growth and Exercise
Spend some time reading this article: The Link Between Exercise and Healthy Bones

Then, use your learning from the article to answer questions 4-6

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

Which of the following exercises promote (stimulate) bone growth?

Which of the following nutrients help stimulate bone growth?

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

Carbohydrates

calcium

Bone Growth in Space
Read the following article: Why a Trip to Outer Space Could be Bad for your Bones

Then, use your learning from the article to answer questions 7-10

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

What is the bone destroying condition experienced by astronauts in space?

Zero Gravity Goodbyebonia

Astronaut osteolossia

Spaceflight osteopenia

Weightlessness Wherebemyosteoblasts

What pieces of exercise equipment are on the ISS (International Space Station)

Tennis court

Free weights

Treadmill

Stationary bicycle

What about space is the main cause of bone loss in astronauts?

The lack of social interaction

The lack of sunshine and Vitamin D production

The lack of gravitational force

The lack of oxygen

Extention: Colonization of Mars
The force of gravity on Earth is 9.807 m/s2.  The force of gravity on Mars is 3.711 m/s2

The force of gravity on Earth is higher than (stronger than) the force of gravity on Mars.

True

False

Which of the following statements is true?

The less stress that a bone is put under, the more growth that occurs.

Astronauts experience a decrease in bone mass while in space

Broken bones take longer to heal than torn ligaments or tendons

Bones benefit the same amount from weight lifting and swimming

Which of the following best describes the relationship between osteoblasts and osteoclasts?

Osteoclasts build new bone tissue while osteoblasts destroy bone tissue

Osteoblasts build new bone tissue while osteoclasts destroy bone tissue

Osteoclasts and osteoblasts both destroy bone tissue

Osteoblasts and osteoclasts both build bone tissue

Which of the following exercises promote (stimulate) bone growth?

Tennis

Cycling (bike riding)

Running

Stretching

Backpacking

Swimming

Lifting weights

Which of the following nutrients help stimulate bone growth?

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

Carbohydrates

calcium

What is the bone destroying condition experienced by astronauts in space?

Zero Gravity Goodbyebonia

Astronaut osteolossia

Spaceflight osteopenia

Weightlessness Wherebemyosteoblasts

What pieces of exercise equipment are on the ISS (International Space Station)

Tennis court

Free weights

Treadmill

Stationary bicycle

What about space is the main cause of bone loss in astronauts?

The lack of social interaction

The lack of sunshine and Vitamin D production

The lack of gravitational force

The lack of oxygen

The force of gravity on Earth is higher than (stronger than) the force of gravity on Mars.

True

False

Copy of 09.11.20 (Async) - Factors that Affect Bone Growth (5/28/2026)

Copy of 09.11.20 (Async) - Factors that Affect Bone Growth (5/28/2026)

Factors that Affect Bone Growth

Draw a picture describing your answer for #2 (i.e. a picture of the relationship between osteoclasts and osteoblasts.)

Bone Growth and Exercise

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?b. What is something new that you learned?

Bone Growth in Space

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?b. What is something new that you learned?

Extention: Colonization of Mars

Factors that Affect Bone Growth

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following best describes the relationship between osteoblasts and osteoclasts?

Draw a picture describing your answer for #2 (i.e. a picture of the relationship between osteoclasts and osteoblasts.)

Bone Growth and Exercise

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?b. What is something new that you learned?

Which of the following exercises promote (stimulate) bone growth?

Which of the following nutrients help stimulate bone growth?

Bone Growth in Space

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?b. What is something new that you learned?

What is the bone destroying condition experienced by astronauts in space?

What pieces of exercise equipment are on the ISS (International Space Station)

What about space is the main cause of bone loss in astronauts?

Extention: Colonization of Mars

The force of gravity on Earth is higher than (stronger than) the force of gravity on Mars.

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?

a. What is something that you already learned in class that was in this reading?
b. What is something new that you learned?