Curated OER
Dino Dung!
Students examine how there is more to poop than they think! After reading through material, they answer a series of questions on coprolite, and explore the diet and physical attributes of dinosaurs, as well as their environment.
Curated OER
Nutrition 2: Good Food, Good Health
Students explore ways in which food provides energy and materials for our bodies.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Digestive System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human digestive system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: N Squad: Alcohol in the Body
Online interactive game consists of three consecutive episodes. The storyline addresses three different body systems and their functions while teaching about alcohol's interaction with each of them, misconceptions about alcohol, medical...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Is That Cat Fat?
There are over 58 million overweight cats and dogs in the United States alone. In this science project you will determine what percentage of the pets you know are overweight and how their weights compare to weight of pets throughout the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: I Love Ice Cream, but It Doesn't Love Me: Lactose Intolerance
Pizza, milk shakes, and ice cream sundaes all contain dairy products, therefore they cannot be eaten by the majority of people around the world. Dairy products contain the sugar molecule lactose, and the majority of people on the planet...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Digestion
In this instructional activity students learn about digestion and proteins by observing the action of meat tenderizer on luncheon meat. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Absorption of Monosaccharides
Page focuses on the processes involved in the generation of monosaccharides and their absorption into the digestive tract. Image shows the transport of glucose across the intestinal epithelium.
Colorado State University
Colorado State: Pathophysiology of the Digestive System
A site on the disorders of the digestive system and on the similarities and differences between the digestion of birds and ruminants.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Digestive System
Students learn about the organs and major functions of the digestive system, the roles of intestinal bacteria, and about diseases of the digestive system.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Digestion
A student-paced tutorial where learners read information, answer interactive review activities, and then take a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Digestion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will explain the roles of the mouth, esophagus, and stomach during digestion.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: The Small Intestine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will explain how digestion and absorption occur in the small intestine.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy & Physiology: Digestion Sys Absorption, Elimination
Through informational text with printable notes, interactive assignments, and video clips, students discover the structure and function of the human digestive system.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Your Digestive System
A complete student lesson on the human digestive system. Students can listen to the text being read, watch a video on the subject, and view an interactive diagram of the digestive system. When finished, learners take an online quiz.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Are Your Bowels Moving?
A detailed, kid-friendly explanation of what happens when you move your bowels.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Digestive System
The parts of the digestive system and how they function are explained. An interactive diagram shows the location of each part of the system, and summarizes what each does. Disorders of the digestive system are also described.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Mouth, Pharynx, and Esophagus
Describe the structures of the mouth, including its three accessory digestive organs: the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus. Also trace the pathway food follows from ingestion into the mouth through release into the stomach.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Overview of the Digestive System
Students learn about the structure and function of the human digestive system, the accessory digestive organs, the tissue layers of the alimentary canal, the contributions of the enteric and autonomic nervous systems to digestive system...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Liver, Pancreas, Gallbladder
Students learn about the main digestive roles of the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder, and identify three main features of liver histology that are critical to its function.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Digestion Simulation
To reinforce middle schoolers' understanding of the human digestion process, the functions of several stomach and small intestine fluids are analyzed, and the concept of simulation is introduced through a short, introductory...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Diggin' Into Digestion
In this lesson, students learn about physical and chemical changes during digestion through a variety of activities.
Curated OER
Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Obesity: The Fate of Fat
See how dietary fat from food we eat travels through the digestive system, and gets packaged and stored in the human body. [2:07]