This term in Science we are studying different body systems.
Last week we were looking at the digestive system in more detail and to demonstrate this we carried out an experiment using tights!
We mixed cornflakes, banana, cocoa powder and orange juice in a food bag (the stomach) and mushed it up before feeding it through tights as though it was the intestine. The less said about what came out the other end the better!
Here are some photos of what we got up to 🙂
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