Fats
Fats

Tuesday, November 16th

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Goal:

Understand the journey of fat through our body

Fats make up much of our cell membranes, and cell parts

Fats are necessary for cell growth 💪

Fats are necessary for 🧠 brain and 👁️ eye health

Fats help us absorb many 💊 vitamins

Fats are necessary for 🤕 wounds to heal

Fats are necessary for our 😷 immune cells that defend our body from disease

Fats provide more 🔌 energy per serving than any other macronutrient (carbs or protein)

Your stored fat is a main source of your body’s energy between 🍽️ meals

Get out your Sprouting Seeds Data

Gather a scale, the seedling tray that matches your seed number, the 3 small portion cups that match your number

Use the scale and portion cups to carefully find the mass of (remember to subtract the mass of the cups):

1) corn seeds and record

2) squash seeds and record

3)bean seeds and record

Notice: Did the seeds gain, lose or keep the same mass? Which kind of seed changed the most

Using a pencil predict which of the foods contain fat

Split a coffee filter into two sheets

Label one: donut and the other lard

Over a tray, use a piece of wax paper to smash a small piece of each food against the coffee filter

Scrap any pieces of food off of the filter with the wax paper

Translucent splotches are caused by the fat in the food

Look at fat molecules and fatty acid molecules. What do you notice?

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Look at the Eating Fat graph and record what happens to fat and fatty acids as they go through your digestive system

what happens to fats as they move through your digestive system?

Eating Fat Graph

Eating Fat Graph

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