Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.06.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographics
  3. Objectives
  4. Rationale
  5. Content Area 1: Calories In
  6. Content Area 2: Digestion
  7. Content Area 3: Calories Out
  8. Strategies
  9. Classroom Activities
  10. Endnotes
  11. Teacher Resources
  12. Appendix A
  13. Appendix B
  14. Appendix C
  15. Appendix D
  16. Appendix E

Getting an Early Start to a Healthy Life

Kathleen Geri Gormley

Published September 2008

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Appendix D

The Digestive System

What are the major organs in the digestive system and what are their functions?

Major organ

Major Organ What part it plays in digestion
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 

Travel Diary - You are taking a ride through the human digestive system. Write a travel diary describing your trip. You must make at least three stops on your journey (you can describe more than three stops for extra credit). For each stop, describe where you are, what the digestive system is doing at that point and that place, and where you are going next.

Stop#1  
 
 
Stop#2  
 
 
Stop#3  
 
 
Stop#4  
 
 
Stop#5  
 
 

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