Metro Manila College

University-Site, Brgy. Kaligayahan

Novaliches, Quezon City

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

a. identify the parts and their functions in the digestive process

b. locate the parts of digestive system
c. appreciate the role of digestive system in breaking down food and providing
essential nutrients to the body

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. TOPIC
Digestive System
B. REFERENCE
Science and Technology (Grade 8)
Marie Jessica Alumaga
Pg. 205 - 207
C. MATERIALS
Drawing, Cardboard, Visual aids
D. APPROACH
Constructivism, Collaborative learning

III. PROCEDURES

A. ROUTINE ACTIVITY
Prayer
Greetings
Attendance
Checking of Physical Set-up

B. MOTIVATION
The teacher will ask the students to describe a “Hungry Person” in one word.

C. REVIEW
The teacher will review the past lesson about the “Five (5) Senses”
Sense of taste, sense of touch, sense of sight, sense of hearing, and sense of smell.

D. PRESENTATION
The teacher will discuss the “Man’s Digestive System” its organs and its functions.
 GUIDED ACTIVITY
- Students will be divided into three (3) groups, they will count from 1 – 3
then they will be group according to the number assigned to them.
- Students will be ask to elaborate ingestion process, absorption process,
and elimination process.
- Each group will be given 5mins to answer and explain the assigned
question to be given by the teacher.

INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
- The teacher will ask the students to recite the different parts of digestive
system and their functions.

IV. EVALUATION
In a ¼ sheet of paper, answer the following question.

PART 1
Write the letter of the best answer.

1. Digestion is _________.
a. The breakdown of food into smaller substance that can be absorbed
by the body.
b. The breakdown of food in the mouth contains salivary amylase
c. The breakdown of the starches into simple sugars to be easily swallowed
in the esophagus.
d. The breakdown of protein into smaller peptides
2. It is where the process of digestion begins.
a. Tongue
b. Teeth
c. Mouth
d. Esophagus
3. The enzyme that is responsible for protein digestion.
a. Chyme
b. Salivary amylase
c. Pepsin
d. Hydrochloric acid
4. A ring-shaped muscle where food enters from esophagus to stomach.
a. Pyloric sphincter
b. Cardiac sphincter
c. Epiglottis
d. Pyloric valve
5. Where does the absorption of water occur?
a. Stomach
b. Liver
c. Small intestine
d. Large intestine
 PART 2
Direction: At the back of your paper, explain briefly:

The importance of digestive system in breaking down food and providing essential
nutrients to the body. (5pts)

V. GENERALIZATION
The students should be able to say the parts and functions of digestive system after
the discussion to know if they really understand the lesson.

VI. ASSIGNMENT
1. In a one whole sheet of paper, list down as many as you can digestive system
disorders. Write down the causes and the ways on how to treat them.

2. Have an advance reading about the “Cell Division and Gamete Formation”

Prepared by: Group 1

Group Leader:
Marie Louise E. Gongora

Members:
Jennifer B. Nucum
Maria Bernadette C. Morales
Melissa A. Delos Reyes

Submitted to:
Prof. Evelyn Alagao