Week 10: 10/14-10/16
I hope you all had a restful break. We have started a new report card period. These grades are continuing to add on to last quarter’s so continue working hard so you finish the semester with a BANG! We are now back into full swing studying the digestive system. The next test students have will cover the digestive system, circulatory, lymphatic, and respiratory systems.
Unit: Human Body- Digestive system
Standards: S7L2a, S7L2b, S7L2d, S7L2e
IB Connections: Human Ingenuity; Health & Social Education; Approaches to Learning
Objectives:
- Identify the levels of organization in the body
- Define homeostasis
- Explain why the body needs food
- Describe the functions carried out in the digestive system
- Explain the roles of the mouth, esophagus, and stomach in digestion
- Describe the digestive processes that occur in the small intestine and how other digestive organs are involved
Essential questions:
- What are the levels of organization in the body?
- What is homeostasis?
- How do the systems of the body relate to one another?
Higher Level Questioning:
- What are some reasons that your body needs food?
- Why do you need to eat a certain number of calories each day?
- Why are proteins, vitamins and minerals essential to a healthy diet?
- What are the two types of digestion and where does each occur?
- What are the functions of the small intestine?
- What is the role of the accessory organs in digestion?
Digestive system Websites:
Hands on Gastrointestinal Tract
Digestion Animation Diet and Exercise Food Pyramid Game
Food Pyramid Sorter Digestive system labeling Milk
Monday- No School
Tuesday- No School
Wednesday- Students will take notes on the digestive system from the mouth to the stomach using the Nutrition and Digestion notes and their digestion nutrition note sheet .
Homework for Wednesday- Read pages 494-497 and answer questions 1-2 on page 497.
Thursday- Students will take notes on the digestive system from the small intestine to the end of the digestive tract.
Homework for Thursday- Answer questions 1-6 on pages 501 in your textbook.
Friday- Students will work on a project called “The Digestion Story.” Using the directions and rubric in the Digestive System Story 2009 and the digestion story template if students wish to use it. Students will write and illustrate a story in which they follow a piece of food through the digestive tract. Students may include accessory organs for extra credit.
Homework for Friday- Finish Digestion Story for Monday.
