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Week 10 · Food and Your Tummy

Wednesday

Investigation: Down to the stomach
// Where does your food go?
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Down to the stomach

Rocket gulps a sip of water.

"Where did it go?" he asks.

Raven points at her chest. "What do you notice?"

Nova says, "Follow the tube down."

The food pipe

You swallow, and food goes into a tube.

This stretchy tube is called the food pipe.

It goes from your throat to your stomach.

Muscles in the tube squeeze the food down.

A little flap helps food skip the air pipe.

The stomach

Your stomach is a stretchy bag.

It is shaped a bit like the letter J.

Strong stomach muscles mash and mix the food.

Stomach juices help break the food down.

Slowly the food turns soupy.

DOWN IT GOES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Where does the food pipe take food?
What shape is the stomach a bit like?

Make a model stomach

  • A zip bag that seals well
  • Half a banana
  • A small piece of bread
  • A little water
  • A tray to catch drips
Safety first
This is a model. Nothing gets tasted.
A grown-up seals the bag tight.
Squish gently over a tray.
Wash your hands when you finish.
  1. Put the banana and bread in the bag.
  2. A grown-up adds a little water.
  3. A grown-up seals the bag.
  4. Squish and squeeze the bag with your hands.
  5. Watch the food change.
MODEL CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Your hands squeeze the bag. What do they act like?
What did the food turn into?
The water in the bag acts like what?
SentenceTrue or false?
The food pipe is a stretchy tube.?
Food just drops down with no help.?
Stomach muscles mash and mix food.?
A little flap helps food skip the air pipe.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEMuscles move food and mash it in the stomach.
Draw your model stomach bag.

Word Spot: animals, house

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Animals: A-N-I-M-A-L-S.

House: H-O-U-S-E.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Many ___ live in the forest.
A snail carries its ___.

Super squishing, scientist!

Tomorrow you will see where soupy food goes next.

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