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What Causes Body Odor? Instructional VideoWhat Causes Body Odor? Instructional Video
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6th - 12th
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Science
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4:29
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10 mins
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What Causes Body Odor?

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Can your diet change the smell of your armpits? Scholars learn the truth behind this and other factors that influence body odor. It covers the biology of what is happening as well as the ways to prevent or cover the offensive odor. To finish, analysis questions reinforce the concepts.

119 Views 83 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

hygiene, personal hygiene, glands

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Debate the safety of aluminum in deodorants
  • Experiment with different brands of antiperspirants and deodorants to see which works best

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires a free TED-Ed account

Pros

  • Video is appropriate for biology, health, and puberty topics
  • Offers subtitles in nine languages for English learners
  • Includes great higher order thinking questions that require the synthesis of knowledge

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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