1. What Happens to the Food you Eat?

2. Your goal is to either a poem, song, or children’s story to diagram your understanding of the digestion of food from the time you realized you were hungry to the elimination of waste. –Task: Using the book, “notes” given to you, and the essay “What Happens to the Food you Eat?” (pp 338-340), create a poem, song, or children’s book to explain what is happening during digestion beginning at the brain going through digestion. You must also include with your poem song, or story at least 1 DRAWN and LABELED diagram of the digestive system and at least 1 other appropriate illustration. Lyrics and stories should be appropriate and simple enough that you could read it to a child. You may want to use the vocabulary listed below in your poem, song, or story.

3. Words you can use Amino AcidsHormonesProtease AmylaseHypothalamusProtein AnusLarge IntestineRectum BileLipaseSaliva CarbohydratesLipidsSmall Intestine EnzymesLiverStomach EsophagusMouthTeeth Fatty acidsPancreasTongue GlucosePepsin GastrinPeristalsis