Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson pupils should:

• Identify the parts of the digestive system

• Gain an understanding of their functions

 

Resources

• Vocabulary cards

• Human digestive system diagram

• Videoscribe: 'the digestive system'

• Powerpoint: 'function of the digestive organs'

You provide:

• Objects to represent foodstuffs

 

Vocabulary

mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, spleen, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus

 

Starter activity 

1. Group activity:

From what they already know children try and put the appropriate labels in the boxes on the digestive system diagram.

 

Main activities.

1. Class Activity:

Watch Videoscribe: 'the digestive system'.

 

2. Group activity:

In light of the above children re-annotate the body template.

 

3. Class Activity:

Watch Powerpoint: 'function of the digestive organs'.

 

4. Individual Activity:

Children draw and label digestive organs onto template. Write a sentence to describe the function of each organ.

 

5. Class Activity:

Physicalise the digestive system.

a. Children become the digestive system, groups of children functioning as different organs.

b. Teacher introduces physical objects representing several different foodstuffs one by one into the system.c. Children deal with different foodstuffs as appropriate.d. Include an object representing a non-foodstuff, eg a swallowed marble.

How is such an object dealt with by the digestive system?

 

Plenary activity 

Q: What factors might make a person's digestive process less effective?

Assessment

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Downloadable lesson plan and resources