{"id":13558,"date":"2023-05-10T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=13558"},"modified":"2023-05-10T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:24:19","slug":"body-systems-digestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=13558","title":{"rendered":"Body Systems – Modelling Digestion"},"content":{"rendered":"

P5 – 7 have linked with the Glasgow Science Centre to participate in their Body Works programme to learn how key body systems work.\u00a0 Today, we explored the digestive process.<\/p>\n

To simulate digestion, we filled the mouth<\/strong> (a snack bag) with food<\/strong> (bananas and crackers) and stomach acid<\/strong> (orange juice + water).\u00a0 We mashed up the food to simulate our stomach muscles<\/strong> contracting and expanding to break down the food into smaller pieces.\u00a0 We then put the contents into our intestines<\/strong> (tights).\u00a0 The liquid nutrients passed through the small intestines<\/strong> (tights) into the body’s bloodstream<\/strong> (bowl).\u00a0 Water was reabsorbed back into the body through the large intestines<\/strong>. The waste food was then passed to the rectum<\/strong> (foot of the tights) and was excreted<\/strong> as faeces<\/strong> through the anus<\/strong> with our hands working as a muscle to aid the excretion of waste (hole in the toe of the tights).<\/p>\n