SCIENCE VIII

1. What is the first thing that

you do after peeling off the
chocolate?
2. What did you do after you
put the chocolate into your
mouth?
3. What do you think is the next
thing that happened to the chocolate
after you took and chewed it?
SYSTEM?
DIGESTIVE
HOW DOES THE DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM PERFORM ITS
FUNCTION?
I AM THE
SYSTEM
GROUP
GROUP 4
3

GROUP 5
GROUP GROUP 2
1
Let’s do this!!!
• Get the plastic container,
scissors, bread, and banana.
• Put the banana and bread into the
plastic container.

BREAD
+
BANANA
• Cut the banana and bread into smaller
pieces, using the pair of scissors.
• Pour a little amount of water on it. See what
happens to the bread and banana, then write
your observations.

BREAD
+
BANANA
Mouth

-digestion
starts here
when taking
the first bite of
food.
• Get a plastic cup. Put your
hand inside it and mash the
food through it.
Observe what happens to the
food.
Molar Teeth

-helps
make food
soft and
easy to
swallow.
ESOPHAGUS

-receives
food from
your mouth
when you
swallow.
 PERISTALSIS
-series of muscular
contractions
STOMACH
• Get the plastic bag. Put a small
amount of vinegar on the
plastic bag, then transfer the
“chewed food” into it. Tie the
plastic bag.
• Massage the plastic bag
containing the “chewed food”
and vinegar. Observe what
happens to the food.
STOMACH ACID
STOMACH

Further digestion
• Transfer the stomach content into
the stockings over a plastic
container.
SMALL INTESTINE

 22-foot long muscular tube.

• Push the content until it
reaches the tied end of the
stockings. Observe what
happens to the content.
• Get the paper cup. Transfer the
contents into the cup by
pushing the contents out of the
stockings.
LARGE INTESTINE
LARGE INTESTINE

 6-foot long muscular tube

 Also called as COLON
RECTUM

 Receives stool
from the colon
 hold the stool
RECTUM
until elimination
happens.
• Push the content out of the
paper cup.
ANUS

 last part of the digestive tract

 where the waste materials (stool)
goes out
ACCESSORY
ORGANS
SUMMARY

Esophagus
Stomach
Gall bladder
Small
intestine
Large
intestine
Rectum
Anus
 Summary

 Main Organs:

• SMALL INTESTINE
• MOUTH
• LARGE INTESTINE
• ESOPHAGUS
• RECTUM
• STOMACH
• ANUS
 Accessory Organs:

• SALIVARY GLANDS
• LIVER
• GALL BLADDER
• PANCREAS
The DIGESTIVE SYSTEM breaks
down the food we eat.
Did you know ?
 The time it takes for food to
travel from entering the mouth
to be excreted as waste is
around 30 to 40 hours.
 The act of swallowing is a
complex process that closes the
windpipe (to protect our lungs)
and moves food into the
esophagus.
O
R
Eating or
snacking too
close to bed time
Eating a lot of fibre
Drinking too much
alcohol
Eating too quickly
Cleansing your
bowels
Limiting fatty foods
Eating too much
TOO MUCH
can hurt
you
SO MUCH