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--FIRST DRAFT-Grade Level or Course:
8TH GRADE SCIENCE
Authors:
Assessment Topic:
BIOLOGY – DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Selected Power Standards: List standards by number and include the full text
here. Then “unwrap” to identify what students need to know and be able to do.
Underline the concepts (important nouns or noun phrases) and circle the skills
(verbs).
C16 Cont.: Describe the structures of the human digestive system and
how it functions to bring oxygen and nutrients to the cells and
expel waste materials.
CINQ10:
Communicate about science in different formats, using
relevant science vocabulary, supporting evidence and clear
logic.
GLE’s
1. Label the major parts of the human digestive system and explain in
writing the function of each part in the chemical and physical
breakdown of food (mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine,
large intestine and rectum.
Graphic Organizer of “Unwrapped” Concepts and Skills
Concepts: Need to Know about Digestion.
Key Terms
mouth
liver
esophagus
pancreas
stomach
digestion
intestines
oxygen
nutrients
evidence
wastes
logic
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Skills: Be able to Do
(Next to each skill, write number in parentheses indicating approximate level of
Bloom’s Taxonomy of thinking skills. Refer to Bloom’s Taxonomy resource in
supporting documents.)
Describe
(1)
Communicate (3/4)
Big Ideas from “Unwrapped” Standards
1. The digestive system is a group of organs that work together to digest
food so that the nutrients from food can be used by the body.
2. There are two types of digestion: mechanical (physical) which is the
breaking and mashing of food and chemical which breaks large food
molecules into simpler ones.
3. Feces and other human wastes contain microorganisms and other
substances that can contaminate drinking water.
Essential Questions Matched to Big Ideas
1. What are the different parts of the digestive system and why is each part
important?
2. What is the difference between mechanical and chemical digestion?
3. How would the inability to make saliva affect digestion?
4. Why are wastewater treatment plants necessary?
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