Over this term, we have been looking at the entertaining topic of digestion – starting with teeth and how they begin the process of chewing, munching, tearing and breaking down the food we eat.
We conducted a demonstration involving toothpaste (our saliva and oesophagus) followed by bread (our food) and cola (the stomach acid). It all gets churned up in our stomach then travels round our intestines (a pair of tights) as the body absorbs and uses the vitamins and minerals from it.
There were of course a lot of moans, groans and unpleasant looking reactions in response to the process – but it was great fun and the children really understood the process well!
Article 24: We have the right to healthy food and clean water to drink.
