Digestion is the breakdown of food into smaller components that can be more easily absorbed and assimilated by the body. With this webquest students will be able to understand the digestive system and to associate the treatments that the food undergoes during digestion with the different parts of the digestive tract (oral, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, rectum), Students will also be more receptive to the absorption of nutrients and the disposal of waste.
Task
Use the simulation of digestion at:
http://kitses.com/animation/swfs/
so to be able to understand the digestive system and to associate the treatments that the food undergoes during digestion with the different parts of the digestive tract (oral, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, rectum).
After that, you have to answer the questions on worksheets 1,2.
Process
Step1
1) Use the simulation of digestion at: http://kitses.com/animation/swfs/ and click to every part of digestive system so to learn some more info for each organ. You can find some more info by using the url http://idp.redgum.net.au/yakult2014/nutrition-balance.html
Step 2
Use the simulation of digestion at: http://kitses.com/animation/swfs/ and click to different foods that are given and watch how each one is absorbed.
Step 3
Follow the instructions to worksheet 1 and complete it’s task.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L50tk5mhZJu-oSb97a3PU_S6U-xAhVqF4j3CKX2Hmj8/edit?usp=sharing
Step 4
Follow the instructions to worksheet 2 and complete it’s task.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19g-DapKbkF64M6MI6-iyha-_4uuLUaDKruFuSH8E_zI/edit?usp=sharing
Step 5
Create a poster or an infographic that will contain info about how each nutrient is absorbed.
Step 6
Continue to evaluation and have fun!!