1. Lesson Starter: Individual
On your white board, write down as many organs as you can think of

2. Organ Systems Digestive Skeletal System System Urinary System
Nervous System
Organ Systems
Respiratory system
New Life
Keeping Healthy
Circulatory system

3. Organ Systems Digestive System Skeletal System Urinary System
Nervous System
Organ Systems
Respiratory system
New Life
Keeping Healthy
Circulatory system

4. Learning Intention
To learn about the different types of teeth and their function
To understand and recognise the positioning of teeth in different animals
To be able to describe the role of teeth in digestion

5. Discuss
Why do we have teeth?
Are they all the same; explain?

6. Teeth 4 different types of teeth
Different shapes for different jobs (hammer vs pliers)
Names?

7. These are cutting teeth used for cutting and biting off pieces of food
Incisors
These are cutting teeth used for cutting and biting off pieces of food

8. These are long and sharp teeth that are used to hold and tear at food
Canines
These are long and sharp teeth that are used to hold and tear at food

9. These teeth are used to crush and grind soft food
Premolars
These teeth are used to crush and grind soft food

10. These teeth are used for chewing and grinding hard food
Molars
These teeth are used for chewing and grinding hard food

11. Cut and stick

12. Questions Label the diagram of the mouth
Copy and complete the sentences below:
______ are for cutting and biting off pieces of food.
_______ are long and sharp teeth that are used to hold and tear at food.
_______ are used to crush and grind soft food
________are used for chewing and grinding hard food

13. Teeth
Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore Will they all have the same teeth; discuss and explain.

14. Herbivore
Incisors to bite leaves
Molars to grind them

15. Carnivore
Sharp Canines to KILL other animals and tear the flesh

16. Omnivores

17. Why is it important we chew our food?

18. Mechanical Digestion
Our teeth are involved in the mechanical breakdown of the food we eat; this is the first stage of the digestion process.
Chewing breaks up large chunks of food into smaller chunks which provides a LARGER SURFACE AREA for the next stage of digestion (chemical).

19. Plenary
Gently bite down on the polystyrene and try to identify each type of tooth

20. Print to stick in jotters and label