5th - Digestion

In keeping with our theme of the human body, we moved on from respiration to digestion. There are no lack of giggles when discussing digestion with fifth graders . We discussed the

- role of the esophagus in moving food to the stomach

- two forms of digestion

- where the body absorbs nutrients.

Ask you student what the two types of digestion and how they happen.

We "digested" crackers to model physical and chemical digestion at work.

Ask your student to tell you about Mrs. A's friend who just had a remarkable surgery.