Introduction
“In understanding the basics of digestion, you'll discover who's in charge. Here's a hint. It's not you.”
― Nancy Mure
In this webquest, there will be factual information and images about the process of digestion in humans. According to the Oxford (2020) dictionary ,digestion is process of breaking down food into molecules the body can absorb. The digestive system begins with the mouth and involves many organs in the abdomen. The digestive organs produce enzymes which break down food chemically.
Task
This task focuses on motivating students’ to investigate and to development of individual expertise, on acquired information into a more enlighten understanding.
At the end of this webquest students will be able to :
1. Define digestion
2. Understand the digestive process.
3. identify the various organs that are involve in the human digestive process
4. Know the importance of digestion.
5. .Students should show understanding of digestion by creating a digital story of the process.
Process
The steps student will take to accomplish the task are laid out in the process section of the webquest. The process tells students what action steps will be taken, what online resources will be used, and how students should organize the collected data.
1. students will be given he hyperlink to access where each information is. for the definition of digestion students should access https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/digestive-system.html
2. Understand the digestive process from the youtube video using the provided link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBZWgrfZFbU
3. identify the various organs that are involve in the human digestive process students will observe image
4. To find the importance of digestion. students will visit the site using the link http://www.ibdclinic.ca/what-is-ibd/digestive-system-and-its-function/why-is-digestion-important/.
5.Students should show understanding of digestion by creating a digital story of the process of digestion using any of the tools from the website using the link https://elearningindustry.com/18-free-digital-storytelling-tools-for-teachers-and-students
Evaluation
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Conclusion
Students will complete this assignments for homework. As a form of an extended activity.
Teacher Page
The goal of the assignment
- This webQuest is best suited for learners who can navigate the web on their own and can read the kind of material normally found on the web. My target learner are upper primary school students and also teachers who are teaching these students. Teachers can use this as a guide when teaching the topic "Digestion in Human".
- The core standards were written with students in mind, including developmentally appropriate progressions that foster learning that is simultaneously age-appropriate and enduring. The aim was to address what an educated citizenry should know and understand to embrace the value of scientific thinking and make informed decisions now that they know of digestion.