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Healthful Living Education — 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.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

The digestive system
In Food for thought: Elementary lessons on nutrition and healthy living, page 5.1
This lesson plan for grade four, from the Food for Thought nutrition curriculum, teaches students about the digestion process and the organs of the digestive system.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Healthful Living)

Resources on the web

Food and the digestive system
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... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living and Science)
Provided by: Science Netlinks