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All About the Digestive System

Use this lesson to show your students how food travels from the mouth to the stomach. Additionally, show them how the digestive system delivers important nutrients to other parts of the body and also excretes wastes from the body.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify the various parts of the digestive system. Students will be able to identify the function of the various parts of the digestive system.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
Digestive SystemWhat Is Digestion?Human DigestionWhat Happens When You Eat?
  • Tell your students that today they will be learning about the digestive system.
  • Explain that the digestive system consists of various parts that enables food to enter your stomach, be absorbed and distributed, and be released from your body in the form of waste.