Digestive System WebQuest



Digestive System WebQuest

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• Go to .

1. Read “About the Digestive System.” Why do we digest food in the first place? Explain in your own words. What nutrients are involved?

• Click on “Body Basics: Digestive System” in the blue box.

• Click on each organ and read.

2. You might already know some of these facts! Name at least 3 organs and a fact about each that you learned from this diagram.

• Scroll down to “Things That Can Go Wrong with the Digestive System.”

3. What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and what digestive organs does it involve? Describe it in your own words.

4. What is Cystic Fibrosis and what digestive organs does it involve? Describe it in your own words.

5. What is Hepatitis and what digestive organs does it involve? Describe it in your own words.

• Go to:

• Click on “English”, “Digestive Tract”, and “Guided Tour”.

• Participate in the “Guided Tour.” Watch the animations (they are very helpful). WATCH EVERYTHING!

6. Name and explain 2 things that you were able to visualize more clearly about the digestive system since you went on the guided tour.

• Click on “Organize Your Organs” and “Start Game.” Play this!

• Go to:. . Many of you may be wondering how your digestive system compares to that of other animals.

7. Choose an animal that you are most interested in. What are at least 3 differences and/or similarities between yours and the animal’s digestive system? Describe in your own words.

• Click on:

• Go to the orange picture. “Explore the Digestive System.” Go through this tour and make sure to answer the trivia questions!

8. How much saliva do you swallow a day?

9. Acids are measured from 1 to 10 on a pH scale. 1 is the most acidic. How acidic is the acid in your stomach and what is it strong enough to do?

10. Which of the three foods stays in your stomach the longest? Why?

11. With which food does the liver have to produce the most bile? Why?

• Go to

• First, play “Building Your System”

• Next, click on “Inside Story” and check out the neat pictures!

• Finally, click on “Food Path.”

12. Drag some foods into the body. Name at least 2 differences between how some of these foods were digested from each other.

13. Now that you’ve learned some facts about your digestive system, do you think that your digestive system is made mostly of voluntary or involuntary muscles? Explain.

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14. Where does the gas that is released from you body come from? Explain after you’ve read the facts.

15. What makes your body vomit and what is it made up of?

When you finish the WebQuest enjoy these quizzes and games….

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• Click on “Click here to preview.” Take the quiz!

• Take the quiz!

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