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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.18 Digestive System Enzymes

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn how the enzymes in the digestive system help with the digestive process in the human body.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digestion Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
To reinforce students' 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 demonstration of how...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.20 Digestive System Health

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand digestive health of the human body.
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Other

Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Human Body Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
This source offers a great overview of the various systems of the human body. Each part is identified and described on this site by a veteran science professor. Many interactive quizzes are located here as well for students looking to...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: The Digestive System

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn more about the science of the human digestive system. How we turn food into energy for our bodies.
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Graphic
Exploring Nature

Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Digestive System

For Students 2nd - 6th
A collection of illustrated fact sheets and activities on the parts of the human digestive system.
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Graphic
University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Medical Center: Gastrointestinal System

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the human gastrointestinal system with this extensive collection of microscopic specimens.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Organ Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
A video lesson explaining the structure and function of the human body's major organ systems. [5:58]
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Digestive System: Matching Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has an interactive game that allows students to match key parts of the digestive system with their definition.
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Interactive
Other

Healthline: Three Dimensional Body Map: Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
Rotatable three-dimensional model of the body with components of the digestive system labeled.
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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Biology: Human Body Worksheets and Quizzes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your understanding of the human body and all of its complexities with these interactive worksheets, games and quizzes.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Digestion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson 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.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Digestion

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[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.
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Website
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Obesity: The Fate of Fat

For Students 9th - 10th
See how dietary fat from food we eat travels through the digestive system, and gets packaged and stored in the human body. [2:07]
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Human Body

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[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.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Digestive System Interactive Diagram

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students drag and label digestive system parts and then check answers by clicking the box.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: I Love Ice Cream, but It Doesn't Love Me: Lactose Intolerance

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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Handout
Other

Bio Anim

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
Curated OER

Kids Health: My Body

For Students 2nd - 7th
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Organ Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Imaginary Journey Through a System of the Body

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
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...
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Activity
Curated OER

Kids Health: How the Body Works Movies and Activities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Short, colorful movies explain each of the body's systems: skeletal, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, respiratory, endocrine, skin, immune, muscular, and nervous. Once you've seen the movie, click on the Activity Page link for...
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Angry Aliens: Physiology

For Students 9th - 10th
Game looking at the major systems of the human body. Covers the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and excretory systems.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: The Human Gastrointestinal (Gi) Tract

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an in-depth look at the human gastrointestinal tract.

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