Fun With Blubber!

The video explores how animals in cold environments, like the North Pole and Antarctica, stay warm without blankets or sweaters. It introduces blubber, a special fat layer that insulates animals like seals and whales. The video then demonstrates an experiment using shortening to mimic blubber's insulating properties. Viewers are guided through the experiment, observing how shortening keeps a hand warm in ice water, similar to how blubber works for animals. The video concludes with a discussion on the effectiveness of blubber and encourages further exploration of cold-adapted animals.

What do you think will happen to the hand covered in shortening when placed in ice water?

How does the experiment demonstrate the function of blubber in animals?