DIGESTIVE SYSTEM The food you swallow goes on a
long journey through your body. The digestion
process begins as you take your first bite of food
and ends as your body disposes of the unusable
parts. The digestive system mixes, mashes, and
breaks down foods into nutrients that your body can
use. What is not needed leaves your body.
Look
and
read very carefully
The
Real Deal on the Digestive
System. Also
check out
The
Digestive
System. Find
out about what happens when
you eat something and the path it takes in its
journey through your body at Your
Gross and Cool Body: Your Digestive System and The
Digestive System., and
MEDtropolis - Virtual
Body: Digestive Tract Read
page 320 - 328 in your Science Book. 1. Read the definitions and label the picture of the digestive system. Trace the route that food takes through your body using a red colored pencil. 2. On a good sheet of binder paper: Describe your digestive system. What mixes with the food when it is in the stomach? What does it do to the food? How long does food stay in each area? At the end write two interesting facts you learned about the digestive system. You should have written at least one side of your binder paper. Please write this paper in your own words. Do not copy from the Internet or your science book. 3. Check out the guidelines for a nutritious, balanced, and yummy diet. Find out what you should be eating and how much at the Kids Health Food Guide Pyramid. 4. Draw a food pyramid chart and label it with the different food groups. List the food groups in a row across the paper. Under each food category list all the food you have eaten in that category for one whole day. Think about your eating habits. How did you do? What should you do differently to have a healthy body?
EXTRA CREDIT BONUSES: A. Keep a chart of the food you eat for one whole week. Then write a paragraph about what you learned about your own nutrition. B. Make one of the nutritious recipes found on this site KidsHealth For Kids Recipes and bring in samples. |
