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What Is Fat? Instructional VideoWhat Is Fat? Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
4:22
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Duration
15 mins
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Year
2013
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What Is Fat?

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An animated fat molecule explains how some fats are beneficial and some are harmful. He describes triglyceride molecules and how the chemical bonding or overall shape determines the health value of each individual type of fat. This vibrant video has a variety of applications; use in a nutrition lesson for your health class, in your biochemicals lesson for biology, or in a lesson on chemical bonds in your chemistry class.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

saturated fat, fats, fatty acids, oil

Additional Tags

fat, oil, triglycerides, fatty acid, saturated fat, unsatruated fat, trans fat, science

Pros

  • If you are registered with the publisher, you can access the multiple choice questions and additional resources and edit questions to suit your needs
  • Animation keeps the attention of even easily distracted learners
  • Accurate and clear modeling of molecular bonds and shapes

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Common Core

RI.6.7 RI.8.7 RI.9-10.7 SL.6.3 SL.6.5 SL.7.3 SL.7.5 SL.8.3 SL.8.5 SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3 RST.6-8.9 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.9

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