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The Real Deal on the Digestive System

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the human body by viewing video clips. In this digestive system lesson plan, 6th graders discuss what they think happens when they swallow food. Students view a Brain Pop clip demonstrating the digestion of food and...
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Human Anatomy -- How Do We Move?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students create a model of the digestive system. In this human anatomy lesson plan the students examine features of the digestive system. The students perform an experiment.
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The Human Organism

For Teachers 3rd
For this digestion and nutrition lesson, 3rd graders test foods to find their vitamin content. Students test for starch and fats then compare their findings on charts and oral reports. The lesson concludes with a teacher directed class...
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Where Does Food Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students understand how their food moves through the digestive system. In this digestion activity, students measure the length of the digestive system from a projection of it. Students draw their own pictures of the digestive system.
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GED Vocabulary: Life Science

For Students 9th - 12th
In this life science GED learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle given 9 clues about structures of the nervous system, the circulatory system, evolution, the digestive system, molecules and fossils. Students are given a...
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Science - The Digestive System

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this digestive system instructional activity, students solve problems asking about the digestive system. Students solve 17 problems where they write true or false, or identify the correct body part.
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Body Systems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this body systems worksheet, learners complete a concept map of the 9 body systems. They are given a word bank and some terms filled in to get them started. Students fill in 16 terms related to the systems.
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What Happens When You Eat?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore digestion. In this Human Body lesson plan, students participate in six different activities pertaining to the Digestive System. Students gain understanding of digestion through experimentation and investigation. Students...
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Digestive System (Online Interactive)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this digestive system instructional activity, students read a 7 paragraph text to learn the functions of the digestive system. Students then answer 10 multiple choice questions. This is an online interactive instructional activity.
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Healthy Colon with Good Digestion and Fiber

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders learn about the colon and what it does. In this instructional activity about digestion and the colon, 6th graders analyze what this organ's job is. Students complete four activities where they explore the importance of...
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Body System Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
In this body systems worksheet, students are given terms related to the eleven body systems hidden in a word search. They find the terms and write them on the lines under the proper body system.
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Physical vs. Chemical Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions instructional activity, students read about the differences between physical and chemical changes in substances. Then students identify situations as either an example of physical or chemical change. Students...
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Digestion and Nutrition

For Students 5th - 6th
In this digestion learning exercise, students will review a diagram showing the parts of the digestive system and the length of the intestines. Students will complete 3 short answer questions based on the diagram.
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Beef (Advanced)

For Students 7th - 10th
For this beef worksheet, students participate in a variety of activities including completing a digestion dilemma, identifying best meat cuts and selecting a service project to complete.
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Human Biology: Organ Systems

For Students 7th - 10th
For this anatomy worksheet, students use their textbook, notes, or Internet to complete required information for 11 different human organ systems.
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The Digestive And Urinary Systems

For Students 6th - 9th
In this digestive and urinary systems activity, students solve 4 puzzles or riddles, They complete anagrams, chose the odd one out and use clues to solve a digestive tract riddle.
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WORM WATCHING

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate how earthworms help build good soil. They examine the worms carefully to find the ringlike segments and swollen band at the front of the earthworm's body. Students take turns dampening the soil every day and adding...
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Digestion

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders answer the question what happens to the food you eat? They complete a worksheet about the food you eat. They discuss the different types of teeth that we have. Students complete digestion poster in which they color and...
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Digestive System Analogies--A Group Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the human digestive system in order for the students to relate common kitchen items to the function of specific digestive organs. They list major organs on one side and find the item or appliance most analogous to the...
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Digestive System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze how the digestive system works by taking the food we eat and breaking it down for our bodies to use for various reasons. They list the major components of the digestive system and draw a diagram. They explain how...
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Stomach Chemistry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare physical and chemical changes. They perform a simulation experiment/activity that replicates what happens in the stomach as food is digested by stomach acids.
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From One End to the Other

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders trace a piece of food through the digestive system. They describe the functions of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, etc.
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Journey through the Digestive System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in cooperative groups to design a theme park called Gastro World, based on the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system. They prepare a portfolio of the park's attractions and construct a model of it.
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A Walk Through the Gut

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain what happens to food as it passes through the digestive system. They have a 3x5 index card representing food, which he / she carries to stations around the room. Each station represents one of the organs of the digestive...