Feb. 12 – Digestive System

Announcement

Unit Test 1 will be on Tuesday, Mar. 4.

Cell cycle project is due on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Digestive System

Today we discussed the digestive system.

Learning Goals: Understand how the digestive system works.

Success Criteria: You can describe how the digestive system works.

Handouts

• Digestive System Notes
• Digestive System Worksheet

What is the main point of the digestive system?  This:

and this:

Here's the important parts of the digestive system:

Here's a video of what hydrochloric acid (stomach acid) does to a cheeseburger.

After the food is broken down it is absorbed into your blood stream by your intestines:

Finally, the nutrients are used in an important process called cellular respiration.  

This is how we get all our energy from our food.