Digestion

Workshop Outline

Welcome/ Introduction Introduce yourself and explain

Purpose of session purpose of session. To develop a
better awareness of our body’s
digestive system. Helping children to
understand the different parts of
the digestive system and the role
they play in digestion through a game.
Also to recognise how eating healthily
can help the digestion process.

Game making instructions Explain how to make the game

Colour in game board and counters
Cut out counters
Make spinner
Cut out question cards

Playing The Game Explain how to play the

game (use
handout)
Parents and children play the
game
together

Equipment/ Resources - Game board, game making instructions,

handouts, Game playing instructions, question cards, game counters,
digestion organs counters, body cards, scissors, plastic wallets,
comment sheets, spinner dice, crayons/felts .
 Come Digest with me!

2-4 Players
Contents
4 body part counters
1 set of questions
1 game board
4 body and digestion jigsaws

Aim of the game

To learn about the different parts of the digestive system. Getting to know how they
work and what they do

The aim of the game is for each player to complete their digestion jigsaw. The first
player to do so wins.

How to make the game

1. Each player cuts out their jigsaw pieces

2. Four counters need to be cut out and coloured in.
3. Colour in the game board.
4. 1 spinner needs to be created

How to Play
1. The player who spins the highest number starts

2. The first player spins the spinner and moves their counters the number of
spaces shown

3. If a player lands on a digestion question they must choose a card answer the
question.

If they answer correctly they can choose a body part jigsaw piece from their
pile and place it on their body part card. If they answer incorrectly they must
place the body part card back at the bottom of the pile. They do not get a
jigsaw piece on their body card.

Players must follow all the instructions on the game board.

 QUESTION
DIGESTION
NAME A PART
OF THE
DIGESTION

SYSTE M
QUESTION
DIGESTION

DIGESTION JUMP
QUESTION
TO
START
DIGESTION GO BACK
QUESTION
3 SPACES

MISS A
TURN

DIGESTION
QUESTION
 What chops and grinds food?
Teeth

What is the liquid called that

is added to the food in the
Saliva
mouth?

Tongue Which muscle mixes the food

with the saliva in the mouth?

What does the food tube

The mouth to the stomach (Oesophagus) connect the
mouth to?

What blends, churns, mixes

Stomach food - all food enters here to
be broken down?

Name the first part of the

small intestine where food is
broken down further by
Duodenum
digestive juices and enzymes
 Where are nutrients
absorbed into the blood
Small intestine
stream?

Large intestine Where is water removed

from waste

What stores solid waste

Rectum

Where is Saliva made

Salivary glands
 Which organ makes bile, and
Liver stores nutrients that the
body does not need right
away

What makes chemicals

Pancreas
needed to break down food,
and makes insulin

Enzyme Name the chemical that

breaks down food

Insulin What helps cells use sugar?

Name the acids and enzymes

Digestive juices in the stomach that break
down food
 Where is Hydrochloric acid
The stomach
found?

Which is the largest organ in

The liver
the body?

Where does the digestion of

The mouth
all food eaten begin?