Interactive
Curated OER

Kids Health: Your Digestive System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the amazing process of digestion through the digestive system. View great drawings about other parts of the body that aid in this process. Available in Spanish.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Digestive System

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Nutrients in the foods you eat are needed by the cells of your body. How do the nutrients in foods get to your body cells? What organs and processes break down the...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Digestive System: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the processes of digestion in humans. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Digestive System."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Digestive System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the processes of digestion in humans. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Digestive System."
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digestion Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
To reinforce middle schoolers' understanding of the human digestion process, the functions of several stomach and small intestine fluids are analyzed, and the concept of simulation is introduced through a short, introductory...
Handout
Discovery Education

Your Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about your digestive system? This site feature factoids and more interesting information concerning this human body system. Trace the path of food from one end to the next.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Gastrointestinal Tract

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides excellent resources and information on the gastrointestinal or digestive tract, including images and hyperlinked terms.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Digestive System Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online lesson students will identify the organs and functions of the digestive system.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Where Does Food Go?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the process of food digestion. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Trip Along the Alimentary Canal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will prepare a digital presentation on the digestive organs, accessory structures, processes, digestive chemicals, and nutrients. This is a part of the unit on digestion and metabolism, and is performed at the beginning of the...
Handout
Other

Bioscience.com: Ontogeny Egf Receptors in the Human Gut.

For Students 9th - 10th
The site gives a description of the chemical process of digestion which occurs in the human stomach. This site also discusses the gene and protein structure, mechanism of activation, and general distribution of the EGF Receptors in the...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Induced Fit: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the process of induced fit, and explain how enzymes use it during chemical reactions. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Induced Fit."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Induced Fit: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe the process of induced fit, and explain how enzymes use it during chemical reactions. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Induced Fit."
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Protect That Pill

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students reinforce their knowledge of the different parts of the digestive system and explore the concept of simulation by developing a pill coating that can withstand the churning actions and acidic environment found in the stomach....