Activity Length Content KS2 Curriculum

PPT Presentation ~15 mins Digestive organs and their functions.

SC2 Life processes and living thingsHumans and other animalsThis activity goes beyond the curriculum by teaching about digestion.

Stick the organs on the body correctly and label them

~15 mins Digestive organs and where they are in the human body.

SC2 Life processes and living thingsHumans and other animalsThis activity goes beyond the curriculum by teaching about digestion.

Top Trumps game ~25 mins Digestive organs and their functions. Also names of other organs and chemicals in the body that are involved with digestion.

SC2 Life processes and living thingsHumans and other animalsThis activity goes beyond the curriculum by teaching about digestion.

Find the word(optional)

Homework Digestive organs, other organs and chemicals involved with digestion.

SC2 Life processes and living thingsHumans and other animalsThis activity goes beyond the curriculum by teaching about digestion.

Test(optional)

~25 mins Digestive organs and their functions, other organs and chemicals involved in digestion.

SC2 Life processes and living thingsHumans and other animalsThis activity goes beyond the curriculum by teaching about digestion.

This lesson is a topic that is not covered in the KS2 National Curriculum at the moment. The activities and the presentation are very useful as part of a healthy eating project or campaign or even to just do something fun and educational.

Title

Authors Olivia Cranmer (BSc Hons Physiology), Mark Dunne

Contact Maggy.fostier@manchester.ac.uk

Target level KS2 Science

Publication date August 2013

The two activities included in this session contain information regarding the digestive system. They give clear indication of what the digestive organs look like and what their functions are. The first activity provides the pupils with an understanding of the positioning of the digestive organs in the body in relation to each other. These activities can be used as part of a specific digestion lesson or independently. The “Top Trump” cards can be used recreationally at break times.

• The lesson lasted approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. The topic of digestion was introduced using a powerpoint presentation. Included in the presentation is a video lasting approximately 3 minutes. This also included information about how the lesson was going to run and instructions for the following activities.

• The first activity required the pupils to use the information from the presentation to place the digestive organs in their right position on the human body model. The pupils were then required to label each of the organs correctly.

• The second activity required the pupils to play a game of “Top Trump” cards. These cards were all based on digestion.

Activity oneBuilding a human digestive system

Approximately 15 mins

This activity involves the pupils working in groups of 5 or 6. They are provided with a poster of a blank human body. They are also provided with card cut outs of the main digestive organs including: gall bladder, small intestine, large intestine, stomach, liver and esophagus. The pupils are required to position the organs in the correct place on the human body. They are then required to place the correct labels on the organs. The pupils should be able to complete this activity successfully if they retain the information provided in the powerpoint presentation at the beginning of the lesson. If they struggle it may be useful to guide them through the problem using the following book Food and Digestion. Your body inside-and out (Solaway, 2007).

The following image is the finished product. The pupils should aim to have their human body looking exactly like this image. The teachers will have to provide the pupils with similar images to work with. The outline of the human body can be found on wikipedia and is free for the public to use. The labels and the organ images will have to be hand drawn and painted.

Activity TwoTop Trumps game

Approximately 25 minutes

This activity involves getting into groups of 5 or 6. One person in the group is selected to start the game, this person shuffles the pack of cards and hands an equal number of cards to each member of the group. The first person reads the description on their card to the rest of the group and picks an item from the list. The rest of the group read out their number for the same item. The person with the largest number wins that round. The game then continues. There are 29 cards in each set including an instructions card.

HomeworkFind the word

This activity involves finding the word amongst the sentence. This word will be related to the digestive system and the process of digestion. An example is given at the beginning of the work sheet. There are 10 questions for the students to work through.

HomeworkAnswers

Please find below the asnwers to the homework sheet.

Q1. FibreQ2. BileQ3. NoseQ4. BrainQ5.StomachQ6. PancreasQ7. LiverQ8. MouthQ9. EyesQ10. Saliva

Year 3 or 4: Boy or girl:

Please complete these questions before the lesson. Do not worry if you don’t know the answers, just try your best!

Pick ONE answer for each question. Colour in the circle.

Q1. Is this sentence true or false?

Digestion is how we break down our food and remove the waste from our body.

TRUE FALSE

Q2. Which organ is part of the digestive system?

Kidneys

Heart

Stomach

Lungs

Q3. What does the liver do?

Makes bile

Helps us to see our food

Carries nutrients from food around the body

Chews our food and breaks it down

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TestApproximately 25 minutes

This test is optional. It may be a useful tool to test the pupil’s understanding of the lesson and the resources. The test is arranged in a child friendly layout and involves the use of colouring.

PANCREAS

Q4. What organ makes saliva?

Liver

Pancreas

Tongue

Salivary gland

Read the question carefully and follow the instructions.

Q5.Label the three organs below.

Example:

Q6. Match the sentence to the correct word by drawing an arrow.

Example:

Teeth

Enzymes

Bacteria

Oesophagus

Eyes

Gall bladder

Chew the food and break it down into smaller pieces.

Some are helpful. They help the body absorb vitamins. They are found in the large intestine.

They allow us to see our food.

They speed up the break down of food and are found in the stomach and the pancreas.

It is a long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.

Stores bile and releases it into the small intestine.

TestAnswers

Please find below the answers to the test.

1. True2. Stomach3. Carries nutrients from food around the body4. Salivary gland5. Image one = brain Image two = stomach Image three = large intestine6. Enzymes - They speed up the breakdown of food and they are found in the stomach

and the pancreasBacteria - Some are helpful. They help the body absorb vitamins. They are found in the large intestine.Oesophagus - It is a long tube that connects the mouth to the stomachEyes - They allow us to see our foodGall bladder - stores bile and releases it into the small intestine