Lesson Three – Intestines
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and illustrate how a range of nutrients are extracted from types of food during the different stages of digestion in the human body.
The class can select and record answers to key questions about how the intestines function in the digestive system when extracting nutrients from different types of food.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and illustrate how a range of nutrients are extracted from types of food during the different stages of digestion in the human body
Activities in this teaching pack include a display poster to identity the name and location of the main organs in the digestive system, a worksheet to identify and record matching questions for different answers about the digestive system and a set of cards to build a flow chart to illustrate the main stages in the digestive process.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how a range of nutrients are extracted from food during the different stages of digestion.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify and describe the functions of some of the different parts of the digestive system and the importance of eating foods as part of a healthy lifestyle. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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