Fuse School
Making Soaps - Hydrolysis
Don't let teaching about hydrolysis burst your bubble! Introduce your class to soap-making with an animated video. The narrator describes the raw materials used for making both hard and soft soaps. The video includes a look at early soap...
Fuse School
Fats and Oils (Plant Oils)
Sow the seeds of knowledge with a short video about plant oils! Science scholars discover the methods people use to extract oils from olives, coconuts, and flowers. The narrator also explains the chemical structures of these oils and why...
National Science Foundation
Science of NFL Football: Nutrition, Hydration and Health
How does what you eat compare to an NFL football player? The final video in a 10-part series explains the nutrition requirements at the extreme level of an NFL player. The instructor explains the key nutrients and their nutritional...
SciShow
The Chemistry of Fried Food
Foods are fried in oils, which are basically a fat that is a liquid at room temperature. Another great video about the chemical reactions in cooking, this one explores frying food. The narrator explains that from the appearance of...
SciShow
Weight Loss Pills: Fact Or Fiction?
Most over-the-counter weight loss pills have not been tested or even approved by the FDA. Learners see the truth behind weight loss pills and why many claims are false. The narrator begins by exploring prescription diet pills—fat...
SciShow
The Deal with Fat
Fats are essential to a balanced diet and help bodies use certain vitamins as well as maintain healthy skin and hair. While watching the video, learners explore fat, which is certainly talked about a lot in terms of health. The narrator...
Crash Course
Metabolism and Nutrition (Part 1)
Use the 36th video of 47 to explore metabolism. Individuals begin to understand what metabolism is, physiologically what it does, and how anabolic and catabolic reactions assist in digestion.
Bozeman Science
Lipids
An informative video goes in depth about lipids, or fats. It describes the importance of cell membranes and hydrocarbon tails that contain the energy available for life. It also explains the construction of phospholipids and...
TED-Ed
What Does the Liver Do?
It's the heaviest organ in the human body, but exactly what role does the liver play in sustaining life? Follow along with this short video as it explores the various ways the liver filters, stores, and manufactures materials...
Steve Spangler Science
Color Changing Milk - Sick Science! #018
This visually vibrant activity demonstrates what happens when dish soap weakens the bonds that hold fats and proteins suspended in milk. Perhaps you can have chemistry lab groups perform this activity when they are learning about...
Curated OER
Health: Digestive System 101
Colorful pictures and animation accompany a thorough explanation of the digestive process. Each anatomical part of the digestive system is explained as well as the chemical signals that are affiliated with digestion and absorption....
Curated OER
How to Read a Nutrition Label
Take a look down a grocery aisle and you will see nutrition labels on every can and box of food. Do you know how to read the labels? This video shows you briefly what a nutrition label looks like and a few of the elements listed on each...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Macromolecules: Lipid Overview
Learn the basics of lipids in this video. [11:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Growth and Metabolism: Digesting Food
Get an overview of three of the key macromolecules of life (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates), and how they get digested and absorbed.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Don't Forget the Nuts
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the food group sings about why nuts are important to eat, and students learn that they contain protein and good fats to give them lots of energy for the day. [1:31]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mixed Nuts
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy introduces the Nuts! -- Almond, Pistachio, and Hazelnut -- to talk to students about why nuts are a healthy food choice that should be included in their diets, and to explain that each specific nut...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fats Good and Bad
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating with an emphasis on fats. The materials will help students understand that fat is a nutrient, food sources of fat and...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Good Calories, Bad Calories?
Gary Taubes, author of the book Good Calories, Bad Calories, is interviewed about his position that carbohydrates rather than fats and cholesterol are responsible for weight gain and health issues related to diet. Joining him in this...
Crash Course
Crash Course Chemistry #41: Alkenes & Alkynes
A crash course in alkenes and alkynes, their structures, and how to remember which is which. [9:36]
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #36: Metabolism and Nutrition, Part 1
Metabolism is a complex process that has a lot more going on than personal trainers and commercials might have you believe. Today we are exploring some of its key parts, including vital nutrients -- such as water, vitamins, minerals,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Resolving to Eat Healthier
National Public Radio talks with Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard MD and nutritionist, about changes that need to be made in the 1992 US Food Guide Pyramid. Interesting as an introduction to this topic, with links to related stories.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology Foundations: Introduction to Lipids
Introduction to lipids like fats and phospholipids. [5:43]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lipid Overview
A video reviewing over the macromolecules known as lipids. Learn that the types of lipids including fats, waxes, steroids and phospholipids. [11:31]