Final week my put up about the science of barbecue acquired some good traction on social media. To begin this week I will proceed the meals science theme by sharing a PBS Studying Media lesson concerning the science of sizzling wings.
Some Like It Scorching is a PBS Studying Media lesson that encompasses a Compact Science video of the identical identify. As you would possibly anticipate, the video explains what makes a meals spicy and the way the Scoville scale is used to point how spicy a meals is. The video additionally explains the origins of Buffalo wings and why some persons are much less delicate to spicy meals than others. You may watch the entire video as embedded under, on the PBS Studying Media web page, or on the Compact Science YouTube channel.
Functions for Training
The lesson plan that PBS Studying Media supplies to go along with the video does not contain meals in any respect. As a substitute, the lesson plan focuses on diversifications and notion of temperature. The lesson plan is meant for elementary faculty college students.
