The Digestive System
Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the human digestive system: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
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Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Trace food through the digestive tract and distinguish breakdown from absorption.
Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.
Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.
Use the simplified supplied diagram; it is not to scale and omits accessory organs. No food experiment or personal digestion discussion. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the human digestive system: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
Schematic labelling and recall only; accessory organs and detailed digestion chemistry are outside the sample.
- partial: Name the main organs in order: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
Schematic labelling and recall only; accessory organs and detailed digestion chemistry are outside the sample.
- partial: Describe the function of each (mouth chews, stomach breaks down, small intestine absorbs nutrients)
Schematic labelling and recall only; accessory organs and detailed digestion chemistry are outside the sample.
- partial: Draw or label a simple diagram of the digestive system
Schematic labelling and recall only; accessory organs and detailed digestion chemistry are outside the sample.
- partial: Can {{name}} trace the journey of a sandwich through the body — from chewing in the mouth all the way to the intestines?
Schematic labelling and recall only; accessory organs and detailed digestion chemistry are outside the sample.
Schematic labelling and recall only; accessory organs and detailed digestion chemistry are outside the sample.
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Learning resources
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Check understanding
- Name the main organs in order: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
- Describe the function of each (mouth chews, stomach breaks down, small intestine absorbs nutrients)
- Draw or label a simple diagram of the digestive system
“Can your child trace the journey of a sandwich through the body — from chewing in the mouth all the way to the intestines?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 8–9
Standards