Digestive, Nervous, and Skeletal System Pictures

These are some pictures (from Ms. Mason's class) of the fun activities we did for the digestive, nervous, and skeletal systems. The kids worked really hard on these and I am very proud of them!

And just a quick reminder that they have a test on the skeletal and muscular systems tomorrow. We made a study guide in class today, so tomorrow's test should be a breeze!

Have a wonderful afternoon!

Organ System Rubric

Organ System Rubric

You will pick either the nervous, skeletal, muscular, or nervous system. Then you will create a poster showing this full organ system. Please be sure to label and color the organs, and put your name and the name of your system on your poster! It will be due Friday, October 28th.

Category	20 Points	10 Points	0 Points
Title and Labels	Title of System and Labels for each organ	Only the title or labels	No title or Labels
Neatness and Color	Words easy to read and organs colored neatly	Only organs colored or words easy to read	Not easy to read and no color
Complete Organ System	All organs discussed in class for that system shown on the project	Only some of the organs discussed in class for that system shown on the project	None of the organs discussed in class for that project shown on the project.
Student Information	First and last name, date, and student number	First and last name; no date or student number	No name, date, or student number
Facts	5 sentences (or more) of facts about the organ system	2-3 sentences of facts about the organ system	0-1 facts about the organ system

Digestive System

Digestive System

Today we started our unit on organ systems. We are starting with the digestive system and will be talking about it for a few days. They will have a short test on this and the nervous system next week.  

The digestive system notes are as follows, and only the highlighted portions have/had to be written:
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Organ System- multiple organs working together to perform a particular task or set of tasks

Digestive System- the organ system that is used to break down food into energy

There are many parts to the digestive system, but we are going to focus on the five main ones.

A. Mouth   B. Esophagus   C. Stomach   D. Large Intestine   E. Small Intestine

Mouth- this is where food is first introduced to the digestive system and saliva (spit) begins to break down the food as it is chewed.

Esophagus- also called the throat; muscles push food down the esophagus to the stomach

Stomach- muscles cause the walls of the stomach to move and further mash up the food while digestive juices break the food down as much as it can

Small Intestine- food travels through this tube that is 20 feet long, and continues to be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces. Then it is stopped and all the nutrients are absorbed and sent into the body

Large Intestine- finally food is moved into the five foot long tube where most remaining water is removed from the food; once it reaches the end of the tube, the food is expelled from the body as waste

The digestive system takes care of all of the food and drinks that we consume, and makes sure that we get all the good nutrients from the food.

These nutrients are what give us the energy to do fun things and keep us healthy, so it is important to take care of our digestive system!

Drinking plenty of water and eating healthy are just a couple of ways that we can help our digestive system do its job!
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