Does a carrot a day keep the eye doctor away? Junior nutritionists tackle the legend of better eyesight through carrot consumption using a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. The narrator exposes the origins of the myth, what vitamin A does for your eyes, and other foods that give our bodies a vitamin A boost.

Concepts

sense of vision, vision, eyes, protein, vitamins, light

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Work the video into a nutrition lesson or unit about the human eye
• Have the class research the foods shown to determine which has the highest vitamin A content
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should have some prior knowledge of the structure of proteins to understand the retinal explanation
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Presents content in an upbeat, interesting manner
• Narrator clearly explains the role of vitamin A in eye health
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2