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Digestion flow chart rummy

TEACHERS NOTES

AIMS

The key items practised by this activity are:

• The order of the digestive tract

• Technical words - oesophagus, stomach, enzyme, etc.

MATERIALS

• A flow chart (this covers two sides of A4)

• A set of 12 cards, half the cards have parts of the digestive tract on them (stomach, small intestine, etc.), the others have a description of the process in each part of the tract NB there are two versions of these cards, at two different levels of difficulty

PREPARATION

• Print out/photocopy the flow chart on to light card and, if possible, fix the two pages together - you will need one flow chart for each pupil/student or team that is doing the activity.

• Print out/photocopy the appropriate sheet of small cards and cut them up (or ask the pupils/students to cut them up!!!) - you will need one set of cards for each learner or each team that is doing the activity.

ACTIVITY 1

• Learners cooperate together to put the small cards on to the flow chart.

ACTIVITY 2

• This is a game for two teams (or up to four individual players).

• Each team/player has a flow chart.

• Shuffle all the small cards together and put them in the middle of the table.

• Teams/players take it in turn to take a card and read out the statement on it. They must then put it on their flow chart in the right place.

• If a team/player picks up a card they have already got on the flow chart they must put it to the bottom of the pile and miss a go.

• The first person to fill all the blanks on their flow chart is the winner.

Digestion flow chart

Mouth

This is where

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VERSION 1 (more difficult version)

Mouth	This is where we start to break down food. We use our teeth to cut and chew food into small pieces.
Oesophagus	This is the tube that leads from the mouth to the stomach. It is made of muscle which squeezes the food into the stomach.
Stomach	This is a bag-shaped organ where food is churned around and broken down into smaller pieces. There are some enzymes here to break down the food.
Small intestine	This is the place where enzymes from the pancreas break down the food to even smaller pieces and the food is absorbed into the blood.
Large intestine	This is the organ that stores the parts of the food that we cannot absorb. Only water and vitamins are absorbed here.
Rectum and anus	These form the last part of the digestive tract. It is where stools are passed out of the body when we go to the toilet.

VERSION 2 (a simpler version)

Mouth	We chew our food in our mouths to make it small.
Oesophagus	The food goes down the oesophagus into the stomach.
Stomach	The stomach makes the food even smaller.
Small intestine	In the small intestine the food gets smaller and goes into our blood.
Large intestine	The large intestine takes water out of the food.
Rectum and anus	Stools come out of our anus when we go to the toilet.

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© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 28: Digestion flow chart rummy

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