Digestive System + STEM Journal
Digestive System + STEM Journal
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Journey through the human digestive system with this comprehensive Year 4 science bundle!
This engaging resource pack combines our popular STEM Journal with hands-on investigations and creative activities that explore how the human body processes food. Perfect for Key Stage 2 learners, children will investigate digestion, build models, and discover how to keep their digestive system healthy while documenting their learning in their STEM Journal.
What's Included:
- STEM Journal (PDF book) - Interactive notebook for recording digestive system investigations and discoveries
- Food's Journey Through The Body - Trace the path of food from mouth to waste
- Digestive System Playdough Model - Create a 3D model of the digestive organs
- Breaking Down Fats Investigation - Explore how the body breaks down different nutrients
- Measuring The Digestive System - Discover the incredible lengths of intestines and other organs
- Measuring Liquids - Investigate capacity and volume in the context of digestion
- Identify The Functions Of The Digestive System - Learn what each organ does in the digestive process
- Teeth Decay Investigation - Explore how different substances affect tooth enamel
- Create A Teeth Model - Build a model showing different types of teeth and their functions
Learning Benefits:
- Supports Year 4 National Curriculum science objectives for animals including humans
- Develops understanding of the digestive system, nutrition, and dental health
- STEM Journal promotes scientific recording and biological understanding
- Integrates science with maths through measuring activities
- Builds knowledge of how to maintain a healthy digestive system
- Encourages scientific enquiry through hands-on investigations
- Perfect for human body topic work and health education
- Makes abstract internal processes visible through modelling and investigation
Ideal for: Teachers, home educators, and parents teaching Year 4 science and exploring the human body with KS2 children.
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Hands-On Education’s comprehensive Year 4 Science topic on the Digestive System features eight engaging lesson plans complete with worksheets, videos, and hands-on activities. Covering the journey of food through the body, model-making, investigations into fat breakdown and teeth decay, and the functions of different digestive organs, this resource offers interactive ways for students to explore complex bodily processes. Now including a printable STEM Journal, the bundle encourages students to record observations, make predictions, and reflect on their learning throughout each activity. This practical approach fosters critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration, making the study of the digestive system more concrete and relatable for Year 4 students while inspiring a deeper understanding and lasting interest in science.
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