Introduction
🍽️ Through this activity, you will discover the parts of the digestive system and learn about the organs involved in digestion, the process of breaking down food, and how nutrients are absorbed.
🍽️ Are you ready to explore the digestive system?
Task
Get ready for an exciting mission, young scientists! Here’s what you’ll do:
🍽️ Learn about the main organs of the digestive system: The mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
🍽️ Explore how digestion works: Discover how food is broken down, nutrients are absorbed, and waste is eliminated.
🍽️ Solve the short quiz provided: Test your knowledge!
🍽️ Keep a Digestive System Food Diary for one week: Track everything you eat and categorize it as a carbohydrate, protein, or fat
and explore how your body digests different foods
Process
✨Step 1
✨Step 2
- Watch this video about trajectory of food through digestive system
Try labelling the following figure
✨ Step 3
- watch this short video!
✨ Step 4
Now brave explorers for the exciting part!
You have to keep a food diary to track everything you eat and describe how your body digested each type of food—whether it was a carbohydrate, protein, or fat.
Understand how different foods are broken down and absorbed in the body. We will follow this up with a class discussion about digestion and healthy eating habits
Evaluation
|
Criteria |
Excellent (5 pts) |
Good (4 pts) |
Fair (3 pts) |
Needs Improvement (2 pts) |
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Understood the digestive system |
Gained deep knowledge about the digestive system parts, and digestive enzymes |
Gained partial knowledge. |
Gained insufficient knowledge. |
Little to no knowledge gained. |
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Followed instructions |
Completed the requested tasks |
Partially completed their tasks. |
Insufficient work. |
Did not perform the task. |
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Completed activity |
completed the requested exercise |
partially completed the exercise |
insufficient work |
Did not complete the exercise |
Conclusion
Well done! You've successfully discovered the digestive system and gained a deeper understanding of its role and the enzymes needed. Take a small quiz to review everything you've learned!
Credits
References:
KidsHealth. (n.d.). Your digestive system. Nemours KidsHealth. https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/digestive-system.html
KidsHealth. (n.d.). Quiz: Digestive system. Nemours KidsHealth. https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/dsquiz.html
Video References:
KidsHealth. (2020, May 12). How the digestive system works [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/1UvuBYUbFk0
Peekaboo Kidz. (2019, June 24). Digestive system | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn videos for kids [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/v3E1txcKPe8
CrashCourse. (2014, September 29). The digestive system and how it works: CrashCourse biology #28 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/qgVFkRn8f10
Image References:
WikiHow. (n.d.). How to draw a model of the digestive system. WikiHow. https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Model-of-the-Digestive-System
BYJU'S. (n.d.). Diagram of the digestive system. BYJU'S. https://byjus.com/biology/diagram-of-digestive-system/
ClassNotes123. (n.d.). What is the function of digestive enzymes? ClassNotes123. https://classnotes123.com/what-is-the-function-of-digestive-enzymes/