Answer one question and type your ideas into the chat.

1. What is
this an image
of?
2. Where do
you think
these
structures are
found?

4. How might
3. Why do you someone be
think they are affected if these
important in structures were a
the body? different shape?
Villi – found in the small intestine
 Unit: 8A Food and Nutrition

Lesson Title: 8Ad Digestion

Lesson objective: To develop knowledge and understanding of the structure and

function of the digestive system and the role of enzymes and bacteria.

Success Criteria The big picture: Understand factors that

contribute to a healthy lifestyles and the
process of digestion.

Explain why enzymes and bacteria are

useful in digestion
Key Student Competencies:
Critical thinking
Digital competence
Independent learning
Describe the functions of the organs Communication
within the digestive system

Keywords:
Digestion, insoluble, soluble, gut, salivary glands,
Identify the parts of the digestive system, bacteria, microorganisms,
digestive system enzymes, catalysts, villi

Define the term ‘digestion’

Numeracy/Skills:
Calculating surface areas
Challenge Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and understanding
of the structure and function of the digestive system.

How many parts of

the digestive system
do you already
know?
Challenge Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and understanding
of the structure and function of the digestive system.

How many parts of

the digestive Key Word Help
system do you
already know? Stomach
Rectum
Anus
Oesophagus
Small intestine
Large intestine
Liver
Gall bladder
Pancreas
Salivary gland
 Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and
understanding of the structure and
function of the digestive system.

How did you do?

Marks /10?
What is ‘digestion’?
Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and
understanding of the structure and
function of the digestive system.

1.Where in the body

is food used?

2. What is a model?

3. How does this

model what
.
happens in the
digestive system?
 Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and
understanding of the structure and
function of the digestive system.

What is ‘digestion’?

The process of breaking large

insoluble food molecules down into
smaller soluble molecules.

Live digestion
 Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and
understanding of the structure and
function of the digestive system.

The digestive system explained…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og5xA
dC8EUI
 Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and understanding of
Task the structure and function of the digestive system.

1. Draw a flow chart to show

what happens in each organ of the
gut

2. Define the terms 'ingestion' and

'egestion'.

3. Describe how food is pushed

through the gut.
Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and understanding of
the structure and function of the digestive system.

Investigating Digestion
 Model of the digestive system
Identify the components of the
digestive system on the model
How to make poo torso
 What am I?
Contains hydrochloric
acid which is used to
kill bacteria in food

Protein is broken down

here by an enzyme
called protease
 What am I?
Starts the digestive
process

Saliva is added to food

which contains an enzyme
called amylase

Amylase breaks the

carbohydrate starch down
into glucose
 What am I?
A tube that carries
food from the mouth
to the stomach
 What am I?

Contains finger like

structures called
villi that allow
nutrients to be
absorbed into the
blood
 What am I?
The place where a
substance called bile
is produced

Bile is used to start

the break down of fat
from large droplets
into smaller droplets
 What am I?
Stores the bile until
it is needed to help
to break down fats
 What am I?
Absorbs any
excess water from
digested food
before it passes to
the rectum
 What am I?

Stores waste until it

is ready to be passed
out of the body
 What am I?
I get rid of waste from the body
when all of the nutrients in food
have been digested
 Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and understanding of
Task the structure and function of the digestive system.

Give one benefit and one

drawback of gut bacteria.
ActiveLearn Video
 Lesson Objective: To develop knowledge and understanding of
Task the structure and function of the digestive system.
Use your text
book to
develop your
skills in
calculating
surface areas.
Starch molecules –
large and branched

Amylase – digestive
enzyme

Still too big!







Amylase breaks down

starch into glucose


Readily absorbed.
 Proteins – large and branched

Amino Amino Amino

acid Amino acid Amino acid Amino
Amino acid Amino acid Amino acid
acid acid acid





Protease from the pancreas
Amino
acid
Amino acid
Amino
acid
Amino acid

Amino acid
Amino


acid
Amino acid


Breaks down proteins into Amino acid

amino acids

Am
ino
Amino acid
Amino acid Amino acid

ac
id
Amino acid
Amino acid
Amino

Amino acid
Amino acid acid Amino acid
Fats &
Oils Bile from the liver mixes
with the ‘fat’ to make an
emulsion

Fatty acids and

glycerol which is
easily absorbed.
Lipase from the
pancreas breaks
down the fats to...
 Creative learning!
• https://kidmademodern.com/blogs/posts/le
arn-how-the-digestive-system-works
• Try your hand at this!

• You can win star of the week and get your

work on display 