Lesson Two – Stomach
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate. describe and record how the stomach can be used to extract a range of nutrients from different types of food.
The class can identify and sort a set of instructions to show the sequence of the main stages in the digestive system as food is digested to extract nutrients for the human body.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate. describe and record how the stomach can be used to extract a range of nutrients from different types of food
Activities in this teaching pack include a display poster to identity the name and location of the main organs in the digestive system, a vocabulary word bank to record a set of instructions about how the stomach can be used to extract a range of nutrients from food and a set of cards for support ability levels to sequence instructions about the digestive process in the human body.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record how the stomach can be used to extract a range of nutrients from food.
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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