Food and the digestive system
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A lesson plan for grade 4 Healthful Living and Science
This Science NetLinks lesson is the first of a three part series. Most of this lesson will focus on what nutrients are needed to do particular tasks for the body. More specifically, where the nutrients come from, their different forms, and then their importance for particular tasks in the body. Some of the lesson will focus on the overall digestive system in order to address the latter part of the benchmark — that undigested food is eliminated.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Healthful Living Education (2006)
Grade 4
- Goal 4: The learner will apply knowledge and behavior self management skills to areas of nutrition and physical activity for healthy growth, development, and maintenance.
- Objective 4.01: Identify the major components of the digestive system and summarize the digestion process.
Science (2005)
Grade 4
- Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of how food provides energy and materials for growth and repair of the body.
- Objective 4.01: Explain why organisms require energy to live and grow.
- Objective 4.03: Discuss how foods provide both energy and nutrients for living organisms.
- Objective 4.05: Determine that foods are made up of a variety of components.
