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Title
Authors
Olivia Cranmer (BSc Hons Physiology), Mark Dunne
Contact
[email protected]
Target level
KS2 Science
Publication date
August 2013
Activity
Length
PPT Presentation ~15 mins
Stick the organs on ~15 mins
the body correctly
and label them
Top Trumps game ~25 mins
Content
KS2 Curriculum
Digestive organs and their SC2 Life processes and
functions.
living things
Humans and other animals
This activity goes beyond the
curriculum by teaching about
digestion.
Digestive organs and where SC2 Life processes and
they are in the human body. living things
Humans and other animals
This activity goes beyond the
curriculum by teaching about
digestion.
Digestive organs and their SC2 Life processes and
functions. Also names of
living things
other organs and chemicals Humans and other animals
in the body that are
This activity goes beyond the
involved with digestion.
curriculum by teaching about
digestion.
Find the word
(optional)
Homework Digestive organs, other
organs and chemicals
involved with digestion.
SC2 Life processes and
living things
Humans and other animals
This activity goes beyond the
curriculum by teaching about
digestion.
Digestive organs and their SC2 Life processes and
functions, other organs and living things
chemicals involved in
Humans and other animals
digestion.
This activity goes beyond the
curriculum by teaching about
digestion.
Test
(optional)
~25 mins
This lesson is a topic that is not covered in the KS2 National Curriculum at the moment.
The activities and the presentation are very useful as part of a healthy eating project or
campaign or even to just do something fun and educational.
The two activities included in this session contain information regarding the digestive
system. They give clear indication of what the digestive organs look like and what their
functions are. The first activity provides the pupils with an understanding of the positioning
of the digestive organs in the body in relation to each other. These activities can be used
as part of a specific digestion lesson or independently. The “Top Trump” cards can be used
recreationally at break times.
• The lesson lasted approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. The topic of digestion was
introduced using a powerpoint presentation. Included in the presentation is a video
lasting approximately 3 minutes. This also included information about how the lesson
was going to run and instructions for the following activities.
• The first activity required the pupils to use the information from the presentation to place
the digestive organs in their right position on the human body model. The pupils were
then required to label each of the organs correctly.
• The second activity required the pupils to play a game of “Top Trump” cards. These
cards were all based on digestion.
Activity one
Building a human digestive system
Approximately 15 mins
This activity involves the pupils working in groups of 5 or 6. They are provided with a
poster of a blank human body. They are also provided with card cut outs of the main
digestive organs including: gall bladder, small intestine, large intestine, stomach, liver and
esophagus. The pupils are required to position the organs in the correct place on the
human body. They are then required to place the correct labels on the organs. The pupils
should be able to complete this activity successfully if they retain the information provided
in the powerpoint presentation at the beginning of the lesson. If they struggle it may be
useful to guide them through the problem using the following book Food and Digestion.
Your body inside-and out (Solaway, 2007).
The following image is the finished product. The pupils should aim to have their human
body looking exactly like this image. The teachers will have to provide the pupils with
similar images to work with. The outline of the human body can be found on wikipedia and
is free for the public to use. The labels and the organ images will have to be hand drawn
and painted.
Activity Two
Top Trumps game
Approximately 25 minutes
This activity involves getting into groups of 5 or 6. One person in the group is selected to
start the game, this person shuffles the pack of cards and hands an equal number of cards
to each member of the group. The first person reads the description on their card to the
rest of the group and picks an item from the list. The rest of the group read out their
number for the same item. The person with the largest number wins that round. The game
then continues. There are 29 cards in each set including an instructions card.
Homework
Find the word
This activity involves finding the word amongst the sentence. This word will be related to
the digestive system and the process of digestion. An example is given at the beginning of
the work sheet. There are 10 questions for the students to work through.
Homework
Answers
Please find below the asnwers to the homework sheet.
Q1. Fibre
Q2. Bile
Q3. Nose
Q4. Brain
Q5.Stomach
Q6. Pancreas
Q7. Liver
Q8. Mouth
Q9. Eyes
Q10. Saliva
Test
Approximately 25 minutes
This test is optional. It may be a useful tool to test the pupil’s understanding of the lesson
and the resources. The test is arranged in a child friendly layout and involves the use of
colouring.
Year 3 or 4:
Boy or girl:
Please complete these questions before the lesson. Do
not worry if you don’t know the answers, just try your
best!
Pick ONE answer for each question. Colour in the circle.
Q1. Is this sentence true or false?
Digestion is how we break down our food and remove the waste from our
body.
TRUE
FALSE
Q2. Which organ is part of the digestive system?
Kidneys
Heart
Stomach
Lungs
Q3. What does the liver do?
Makes bile
Helps us to see our food
Carries nutrients from food around the body
Chews our food and breaks it down
Q4. What organ makes saliva?
Liver
Pancreas
Tongue
Salivary gland
Read the question carefully and follow the instructions.
Q5.Label the three organs below.
Example:
PANCREAS
Q6. Match the sentence to the correct word by drawing an arrow.
Example:
Teeth
Enzymes
Bacteria
Oesophagus
Chew the food and break it
down into smaller pieces.
They allow us to see our food.
It is a long tube that connects
the mouth to the stomach.
They speed up the break down
of food and are found in the
stomach and the pancreas.
Eyes
Some are helpful. They help the
body absorb vitamins. They are
found in the large intestine.
Gall bladder
Stores bile and releases it into
the small intestine.
Test
Answers
Please find below the answers to the test.
1. True
2. Stomach
3. Carries nutrients from food around the body
4. Salivary gland
5. Image one = brain
Image two = stomach
Image three = large intestine
6. Enzymes - They speed up the breakdown of food and they are found in the stomach
and the pancreas
Bacteria - Some are helpful. They help the body absorb vitamins. They are found in the
large intestine.
Oesophagus - It is a long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
Eyes - They allow us to see our food
Gall bladder - stores bile and releases it into the small intestine