DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WEBQUEST
Objectives:
1. Be able to identify the specific parts of the organs within the
digestive system.
2. Explain the movement of food through the digestive tract.
3. Organize the parts of the digestive system in order.
4. Explain the structures and functions within the digestive system.
5. Explain the reasons for the bizarre and gross sounds that occur in
the digestive system.
Your Task:
- To be answered and completed on a separate sheet of paper
Go to: http://interactivehuman.blogspot.com/2008/05/digestion-interactive-game-forkids.html
Choose to digest the Ice Cream on your paper list out all of the different
structures for the digestive system that the food travels through. Also at each stop
explain what is occurring and if that form of digestion is mechanical or chemical.
Next by viewing http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_SW.html - Review the
body basics digestive animation and read the article
a) Describe the main function of the digestive system.
b) List the order of the structures of the digestive system. Next to each structure
write its function. (This will give you a more complete list than the previous site)
c) Explain how food makes it from your mouth to your stomach.
d) What is the chemical in your stomach that breaks down food.
3. Learn about belches and farts, gurgling stomach noises, vomit and what makes up feces. –
Go to http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000029.html
1. Describe what you have learned about each. Be sure to view all of the different
questions, you’ll learn some interesting and odd things.