The Digestive System

ScienceOrganisms & Life ProcessesAges 8–9

Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the human digestive system: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

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Trace food through the digestive tract and distinguish breakdown from absorption.

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Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.

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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.

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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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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

uk-nc-2013:Y4.Sci.A.1