The Digestive System

We will start learning about the different systems that interact to keep us moving and in action. Our body systems work very hard, all the time, and we don't have to worry about controlling them, they are controlled by our brain, and they are really efficient.

The first body system we will learn about, is the digestive system. All that we eat enters our body through the mouth, but it moves through different parts where the food is processed to pass the nutrients to our blood. Our blood carries all nutrients to every single cell in our body. 

We know we have to eat a balanced diet every day. We have learned about the "eat well plate". Now we will learn about what happens with the food that we eat, where it goes, how it makes us strong...

Click on this link, explore the page,read the article, do the quiz, check how much you know about the digestive system ..

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/DSmovie.html

You may travel inside the digestive system and see how different types of food travel through it until waste products are sent out of our organism. You need to read and follow directions...

 http://interactivehuman.blogspot.mx/2008/05/digestion-interactive-game-for-kids.html

You have to do the quiz in this link to check how much you have learned about the digestive system!

http://easyscienceforkids.com/fun-digestive-system-quiz-free-interactive-science-quiz-for-kids/

Have fun and learn!

Science - The Eat Well Plate

The Eat Well Plate is a guide to help us decide the kind of foods we should eat to be healthy and what are the right amounts to keep a balanced weight. The Eat Well Plate includes foods from different groups. Try the games and activities in the following link to learn about this. You need to select a language, click the option to your right (Wales).

http://tna.europarchive.org/20100929190231/http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/info/games/#elem226302

Also watch this video which gives good information about the contents of an eat well plate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9UVDzkBhkI