We learned about the Digestive System today by carrying out a group experiment then conducting further research on the internet. We learned that digestion begins in the mouth where food is chewed and mixed with saliva. After it is swallowed , food passes down a tube called the oesophagus into the stomach…that’s when the gross stuff starts to happen as you can see from some of our faces…

We found out that food mixes in the stomach with gastric juices and enzymes. Then it passes into the small intestine where all the nutrients from the food are passed back into the body. The stuff the body doesn’t need (waste) is passed into the large intestine. You can see this process demonstrated by the tights in the pictures. The waste then passes out of the body as poo! We all got rather squeamish about this..!