Is today's food less nutritious? Veritasium explores the research and the reasons some scientists now consider food nutrient-deficient. The video also considers possible causes and whether the human population should be concerned.

Concepts

nutritional value, nutrients, food

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss if fertilizers add the nutrients to the soil that plants need, that humans need from the plants, or both
• Predict how the changing nutrition of foods will alter future recommendations for eating 100 or 200 years from now

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of the nutrients needed to support human life

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides closed captioning for easier note taking
• Connects to the concepts of eating seasonally and locally

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4