CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.18 Digestive System Enzymes
Learn how the enzymes in the digestive system help with the digestive process in the human body.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Digestion Simulation
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.20 Digestive System Health
Understand digestive health of the human body.
Other
Get Body Smart: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Human Body Systems
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...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: The Digestive System
Kids learn more about the science of the human digestive system. How we turn food into energy for our bodies.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Digestive System
A collection of illustrated fact sheets and activities on the parts of the human digestive system.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Gastrointestinal System
Investigate the human gastrointestinal system with this extensive collection of microscopic specimens.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems
A video lesson explaining the structure and function of the human body's major organ systems. [5:58]
Quia
Quia: Digestive System: Matching Game
This site has an interactive game that allows students to match key parts of the digestive system with their definition.
Other
Healthline: Three Dimensional Body Map: Digestive System
Rotatable three-dimensional model of the body with components of the digestive system labeled.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biology: Human Body Worksheets and Quizzes
Test your understanding of the human body and all of its complexities with these interactive worksheets, games and quizzes.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Digestion
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.
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.
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]
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.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Digestive System Interactive Diagram
Students drag and label digestive system parts and then check answers by clicking the box.
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...
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...
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.
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...
Curated OER
Kids Health: How the Body Works Movies and Activities
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...
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Angry Aliens: Physiology
Game looking at the major systems of the human body. Covers the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and excretory systems.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Human Gastrointestinal (Gi) Tract
This site provides an in-depth look at the human gastrointestinal tract.