Digestion
This science scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to describe the functions of different parts of the digestive system and the importance of eating foods as part of a healthy lifestyle. The class can sequence the stages in the digestive process and explain how different foods are used by the body.
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
Lesson One : Chewing and Swallowing
Practise composing and presenting a diary entry to describe the movement of a vegetable from the mouth to the stomach as part of the digestive system
Lesson Two : Stomach
Investigate. describe and record how the stomach can be used to extract a range of nutrients from different types of food
Lesson Three : Intestines
Explore and illustrate how a range of nutrients are extracted from types of food during the different stages of digestion in the human body
Lesson Four : Digesting Food
Identify, describe and record some of the benefits that different types of foods can have on the body during the process of digestion
Lesson Five : Fibre
Explore, describe and record the importance of fibre in the diet that is used to aid the process digestion of food in the human body
Lesson Six : Digestion Rap
Compose and perform a rap to illustrate and explain each of the different steps in the digestive process that is used to extract nutrients from food
Digestion Assessment
Assess abilities in identifying and describing the functions of some of the different parts of the digestive system and the importance of eating foods as part of a healthy lifestyle
-
Weather Events
Investigate how to add and punctuate fronted adverbials in model sentences explaining when, how or where something happened in the weather
-
Space Race
Explore how the space race in the 1950s and 1960s heralded a number of technological, cultural and political changes and advancements in the world
-
Moses
Explore and record the life and achievements of Moses from the Old Testament in the Christian Bible and his impact on the development of Christianity
-
Theme Park Visit
Practise identifying and calculating the timing and duration of rides and events when visiting a theme park on a special family trip