McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: The Digestive System Pretest
Answer nine multiple-choice questions about digestion to assess a general understanding of the digestive system.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: Pirates: How Do We Digest Food?
Dr. Messi Lira is a doctor on a pirate ship. Join him and learn about how we digest our food.
University of Guelph
Department of Animal and Poultry Science: Digestive System
The main focus here is on the comparative anatomy of animals raised for meat. Beware of the photographs, as they are dissection photos.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Digestive System Game
Test your knowledge of the human digestive system with this interactive labeling exercise.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Digestive System
This StudyCard stack enables students to review the vocabulary encountered when studying the digestive system.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Gastrointestinal System
Investigate the human gastrointestinal system with this extensive collection of microscopic specimens.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Gastrointestinal Tract
Wikipedia provides excellent resources and information on the gastrointestinal or digestive tract, including images and hyperlinked terms.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Basic Functional Anatomy of the Digestive System
This site has a concise description of the digestive system with a nice diagram. The site also provides basic definitions of key parts.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Digestion and Nutrition
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining digestion and nutrition. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...
Gateway Community College
James Crimando: Digestive System
Learn about the anatomy of the human digestive system.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: The Digestive System: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions about the digestive system. After submitting answers, students can review the material.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Digestive System
Self-playing slideshow, with an accompanying quiz, explains how the digestive system works.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Human Digestive System
Excellently detailed drawing (with labels) of the digestive system with an accompanying explanation of the digestive process. Includes a glossary and a blank label me print-out.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Digestive System
Make learning about the human digestive system fun with full-color diagrams. Follow the steps food takes through the body, and find out about the role this system plays in human survival.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Large Intestine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the functions of the large intestine.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Digestive System Labeling Interactive
Interactive tests knowledge of the digestive system. Do you know where the stomach, large intestine, and gall bladder are located?
Curated OER
Kids Health: Lactose Intolerance
Have you ever eaten ice cream then started feeling really yucky? Kids with lactose intolerance have trouble digesting a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods. Learn what this condition is and how you can learn to live with it.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Digestive System
A video [5 mins. 9 secs.], brief quiz, engaging activity, and more helping students understand how the digestive system handles the foods we put into our mouths.
Curated OER
Kids Health: What's a Fart?
A KidsHealth explanation of what flatus is and some ways in which it is caused.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Staying Healthy
Find yummy recipes for food to make yourself! There are also articles about the reasons for vitamins and minerals, how to eat when you're playing sports, and a number of other important topics.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Small Intestine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how digestion and absorption occur in the small intestine.
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: Ulcerative Colitis
This resource provides information about ulcerative colitis.
Inner Body
Innerbody: Digestive System
Take a look inside the human body's digestive system. This site features diagrams of the digestive tract and each part is accompanied by labels and descriptions. Just select an organ by moving the mouse over its image.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Enzymes in the Digestive System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chemical digestion could not take place without the help of digestive enzymes. An enzyme is a protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body. Digestive...