Good Digestion

Provided Resources

• Y3 Task sheet - enough copies for groups of 2-3
• Y4 Task sheets
  

Additional Resources

• Y3 children; Metre sticks, a large ball of string, pieces of card (to make labels), marker pens
• Pens & pencils
• Access to the internet and non-fiction books on digestion (optional)
• A large space for the plenary, e.g. hall or gym
• A music player with some suitable music to move to (classical orchestral would work particularly well)

Teaching

• To learn and use appropriately the scientific vocabulary of the digestive system.
• To understand and describe the process of digestion.

Activities

1. Play a team game to reinforce learning on digestion and extend knowledge further (Yrs 3&4)
2. Either write a narration script to explain part of the digestive system (Yr4) or solve a matching puzzle to create 8 fascinating facts on the digestive system (Yr3)
3. Create movement sequences to music that illustrate digestive processes which can be performed during the narrated explanatory scripts (Yrs 3&4)

Investigation
What actually happens to the food? How do the nutrients get into the body? Explore what actually happens with a practical task (exploring, observing)
Year 3- Write a narration script for the mouth and stomach sections of the process using key prompt words
Year 4 – Write a narration script for the small and large intestines

Vocabulary
Saliva, peristalsis, oesophagus, stomach, enzymes, gastric acid, bowels, villi, colon, rectum, anus, faeces