The Digestive System

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The Digestive System
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• Raise your hand if you ate breakfast today.

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• What are some things that you think about
  after you eat breakfast?

School
LA
Math
Lunch
How many of you think about what is happening to
your food?
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• Once you put your food in your mouth, the
  digestive system takes over to help your body
  grow, stay strong, and be healthy.

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Your body uses food in different ways. Some
kinds of food make strong bones and hard teeth.
Other food turns into muscles.

• Before your body can do these things, it has to
  change the food. When your body changes the food
  you eat, you are digesting it.

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• Watch the video clip to learn about what parts
  help our bodies digest the food we eat.

• Good Food for Good Health
• The Digestive System (32)

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• What are some of the parts of our digestive
  system?

stomach
Mouth
large intestine
teeth
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• These parts of the digestive system are
  important because they help our bodies to receive
  nutrition from what we eat.

In order to receive nutrition, we must eat
healthy foods.

• Good Food for Good Health
• The Food Pyramid (313)

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Lets take a closer look at the food pyramid by
exploring this website. Click on the picture
below.
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• What are some things that you will think about
  after you eat lunch NOW?

Did I eat healthy foods?
Did my lunch contain all of the food groups?
I wonder where my food is now?

Im glad I have the digestive system to keep me
healthy!!!