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Teaching Innovations in Lipid Science
Editor:Randall J. Weselake ISBN:978-0-8493-7369-5
Format: Hardback Books Product Code:218
Topics:Food Science & Technology,Health - Nutrition - Biochemistry
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Derived from a successful poster session at the 2003 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, Teaching Innovations in Lipid Science focuses on innovative ways to involve high school and undergraduate students in lipid science, better ways to integrate the teaching of lipid science into the curriculum, new or improved teaching methods, and strategies for increasing public awareness of lipid-related issues. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the role of lipids in agriculture, biotechnology, nutrition, and health. Featuring an international list of contributors, it presents recent advancements in lipid processing technologies and includes laboratory exercises as well as prompts for student independent study projects.
Released: 05/01/2008; 276 pages
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Table of Contents
Part I. Strategies for Teaching Lipid Science to the Public, Students and Teachers
  • Educating the Public about Lipids
  • Fats, Genes and Food: Using Lipids as a Tool for Science Education and Public Outreach
  • Mentorships and Related Programs Provide Mechanisms for Involving Students in the Science of Fats and Oils
  • Teaching Lipid Chemistry through Creative Problem Solving
  • Mentoring Independent Study Students in Lipid Science
  • Sample Cards for Teaching Processing of Oilseeds and Cereals
  • Biotechnology and Crop Improvement in Agriculture
  • Understanding Isoprenoid Biochemistry

    Part II. Demonstrations and Experiments in Lipid Science
  • What s in a Potato Chip?
  • Oils and Fats: Simple Demonstrations of Properties and Uses
  • Teaching Relationships between the Composition of Lipids and Nutritional Quality
  • High Temperature Gas-Liquid Chromatographic Profiling of Plasma Lipids: A Student Exercise
  • Analysis of Total Milk Fat
  • The Use of Enzyme Test Kits for Teaching Lipid Chemistry
  • Plastids as a Model System in Teaching Plant Lipid Metabolism
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