Instructional Video

Can You Overdose on Vitamins?

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Scholars learn how a vitamin deficiency causes blindness and death, while an overdose of the same vitamin also leads to death. Veritasium travels the world to research the role of vitamins in our lives, the best advice for taking or avoiding them, and shares the results in an episode of its larger playlist.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
  • Research how common vitamin deficiencies are in your area
  • Discuss the safety and standards required of vitamins, as they vary by country
Classroom Considerations
  • Entire video is an advertisement for a documentary by the same producer
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Easy to implement in a traditional or flipped classroom
  • Relates to products a variety of stores sell and that doctors recommend
Cons
  • None