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Activity 1 – warm up What makes a balanced healthy diet?Activity 2 Peristalsis practical Tights with toe cut off - oesophagusSmooth ball that will be tight when put into the tights - foodInstructionsPlace the ball in one end of the oesophagusHold the oesophagus up (it should not move)Discover - What is the best way to move the ball?You will realise that squeezing above or below the ball is the best way to move it. That is haw peristalsis works.Here is a video to help… 3Digestion practicalHere is a video of my daughter having a go at the experiment… it is a bit chaotic has a free to access video and instruction sheet for the practical I have shown you, please follow the link.Dazzling digestion - Digestive system experiment;Here is another example of the practical 4Label the diagram – maybe make a model of the organsModel ideasHere is a link to some ideas for models boardModelling clay or play doughJunk modelling – bottles and tubesLabelled diagramA t-shirt print or apronLabel it and add lots of notesActivity 5Retell the story of digestionIdea 1The story of a piece of food. ExampleSamantha the sausage enters the mouth… describe the process and what happens to her.Idea 2Video a news reportIdea 3Newspaper report of the amazing journeyIdea 4A comicIdea 5A series of interviews with different digestiveActivity 6 – Feces You might like this for your bathroom wall…Can you make a child friendly stool chart so they know whether they are healthy?Type 1 – rabbit pelletsType 2 – a lumpy logType 3 – a think and bumpy sausageType 4 – smooth mushy snakesType 5 – mushy chicken nuggetsType 6 – Lumpy gravyType 7 – Watery gravyActivity 7 – Animal digestive systemsCarry out you own investigation into animal digestive systems.Websites and video linksKids health findout Geographic out CPD – Digestion practical bitesize ................
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