Life Science, Week 10

The Stomach & Digestive System

Lots of yummy resources available for the digestive system! Tessa's totally into learning how her body works. Want to know what happens to a piece of food after you eat it? She's your girl!


Wednesday

• Watched Bill Nye the Science Guy: Digestion DVD by Disney.

Thursday

• Read Blastoff Readers: The Digestive System by Kay Manolis.
• Read What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers.
• Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "The Body Digests Food for Energy - What Happens to the Food We Eat?" activity (page 47) from TeacherFileBox.com.

After chewing a piece of apple to start the digestive process, Tessa watched as I blended the rest of the apple with a little water in my Vitamix to illustrate how food turns into mush in our stomachs. 

Friday

• Tessa read Our Stomachs by Charlotte Guillain during reading.
• Read Gurgles and Growls: Learning About Your Stomach by Pamela Hill Nettleton.
• Read The Quest to Digest by Mary K. Corcoran.
• Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: How Your Body Works, Grades 1-3 "The Body Digests Food for Energy - Food to Energy" activity, worksheet and mini-book (page 48) from TeacherFileBox.com.

Following Monday

• Completed Teacher Created Resources My Body by Patty Carratello "My Stomach" (pages 25-26), "My Small and Large Intestines" (pages 27-29), and "My Liver" (pages 30-31) activities. ("My Pancreas" and "My GallBladder," which are both on pages 14-15, could be completed as well, but it was too much for one day. We may complete them next week.)
• Explored Leapfrog Tag Interactive Human Body Discovery Pack "Your Digestive System" section.

Other Resources of Interest

• The Magic School Bus: Human Body DVD ("For Lunch" episode) - Scholastic from Netflix.