National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute: Regions of the Digestive System: Mouth (Oral Cavity)
Find information on the mouth (oral cavity), lips and cheeks, palate, tongue, and teeth. This website provides brief descriptions of the roles of each, as well as an image of the mouth with its parts labelled.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Digestion
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents the organs of the human digestive system and their functions. Students are asked to label the organs and discuss their functions.
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.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Always Craving Cookies? Blame It on Your Gut Bacteria
Learn about how the bacteria in your digestive system influence the decisions you make about the food you eat.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Protect That Pill
Students reinforce their knowledge of the different parts of the digestive system and explore the concept of simulation by developing a pill coating that can withstand the churning actions and acidic environment found in the stomach....
Curated OER
Kids Health: My Body
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
Other
Bio Anim
BioAnin presents 3-D labeled images of all of the major systems of the human body, for example, the digestive system and the endocrine system. The images are embedded in slideshows. The site also has interactive 3-D models that can be...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Exercise, Nutrition, Hormones, and Bone Tissue
All of the organ systems of your body are interdependent, and the skeletal system is no exception. The food you take in via your digestive system and the hormones secreted by your endocrine system affect your bones. Even using your...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems
A video lesson explaining the structure and function of the human body's major organ systems. [5:58]
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...
Texas A&M University
Peer Curricula: Organ Systems
This site gives five instructional units on organ systems: bodily defenses, digestion, detoxification, gas exchange, and coordination and control. Each unit is broken down into sections: "why does it matter," "how we know," "what we...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Imaginary Journey Through a System of the Body
The students will choose one of the systems of the human body, such as circulatory, respiratory, digestive, or nervous system, and imagine that they are inside it. They will write a description of what a journey through this system of...
Rice University
Rice University: N Squad: Alcohol and Body Systems
Three problem-solving detective games involve players in investigations of the effect of alcohol on the body's digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Digestion
Use this site to find out what happens when you eat and try an experiment involving digestion.
![Kids Health: Tu Sistema Digestivo [In Spanish] Handout](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/169894-77582a6a12abc827d6626bb4f2e0b813.jpg?1661249834 "Kids Health: Tu Sistema Digestivo [In Spanish] Handout")
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Aparatos Digestivo Y Respiratorio
Throughout this unit you will learn the important role that our digestive system and respiratory system play with our nutrition. It contains 13 interactive activities.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Why Rabbits Can Digest Cellulose
A practice reading passage over the gastrointestinal system.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Causes Constipation?
Heba Shaheed takes us into the digestive system to find out what causes constipation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Helicobacter Pylori and the Gastrointestinal System
Practice questions related to helicobacter pylori and the gastrointestinal system.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Anatomia
Free interactive practice tests, in Spanish, aid in learning the Human Skeleton, Human Skull, Digestive System, Respiratory System, and Venous System. Tests are timed and keep track of right and wrong answers.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Human Body
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses body parts and names the digestive system, respiratory system, and circulatory system. Students will also drag pictures to the right sense in the 5 senses. Activotes are utilized.
Other
Learning Together: Do You Know About Anatomy?
Students can test their knowledge of the human body with these interactive games. Identify the parts of the body by dragging the terms to the appropriate boxes. Quizzes check knowledge on the skeleton, skull, digestive system,...
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Eating and Elimination!
Take a look at the digestive system functions and what results when a body is not getting enough of a certain nutrient.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the 11 organ systems of the body, giving a brief overview of their function. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Organ Systems."
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