Assignment 4 - Digestive System WebLesson

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.
 
Introduction: MEDtropolis - Virtual Body > Digestive Tract > Guided Tour

Look at How the Body Works - The Digestive System at KidsHealth. It takes a long time to load, so be patient. It is worth the wait! Check out the next questions while you are waiting for it to load. Then check out The Real Deal on 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.

1. Draw and label a picture of the digestive system and trace the route that food takes through your body using a red crayon. (Hint: The picture at The Digestive System is a simpler to draw. You may want to use that site to get your drawing started.)

2. 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? Share two interesting facts you learned about the digestive system.
Check out the guidelines for a nutritious, balanced and yummy diet. Find out what you should be eating and how much at the US Government Food Guide Pyramid and Kids Health Food Guide Pyramid.
3. Draw a food pyramid and label it with the different food groups. Name the different categories of foods and how many servings a day you should eat.
 
4. Below your food pyramid, 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.
 
5. Evaluate your eating habits. How did you do? What should you do differently to have a healthy body?

KidsHealth Digestive Quiz ||

BONUS: How the Body Works Movies from KidsHealth. Select the movie for this system.

BONUS: Food Pyramid Shockwave Activity

BONUS: Check out Nutrition Explorations: Kids: Food Guide Pyramid! Then take the Food Guide Pyramid Quiz. See how much you know about the food you eat and what's good for you! Make sure that you read each page out loud carefully and learn anything you don't know!

BONUS: MEDtropolis - Virtual Body >Digestive Tract > Organize Your Organs (move organs until they get "stuck" in the correct places. You'll know when you win!) - also, click on Zoom In!

BONUS: Ever wonder why you sometimes feel REALLY hungry just a few hours after eating a big meal? Here Come Those Runaway Carbs!

BONUS: Check out the Activity Page || Digestion Match Game || Hillendale Digestive System Quiz



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