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.

Concepts

saturated fat, fats, fatty acids, oil

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Additional Tags

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

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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

Cons

• None

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