What others say
"Students were fully engaged in this lab! There was great inquiry as we progressed. Very cheap lab and quick set up. "
Rhae F.
"Great activity to engage students in understanding the structure and function of each part of the digestive system."
Angela M.
Description
Get ready to be thoroughly grossed out with your students! This lab will have you modeling the process of digestion and it's a lab your students won't forget.
This resource includes colorful directions for each station and two editable student labs : one for printing and one for digital learning management systems.
The required materials are easy to find : water, graham crackers, bananas, small plastic bag, big plastic bag, paper towels, and a funnel.
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Making Poop! Modeling the Digestive System Lab (Digestive System Model)
Practical Middle School Science
56 Followers
$5.00
Highlights
Digital downloads
Grades
5th - 10th
Subjects
Standards
NGSSMS-LS1-7
NGSSMS-LS1-3
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Pages
13
Teaching Duration
45 minutes
What others say
"Students were fully engaged in this lab! There was great inquiry as we progressed. Very cheap lab and quick set up. "
Rhae F.
"Great activity to engage students in understanding the structure and function of each part of the digestive system."
Angela M.
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Description
Get ready to be thoroughly grossed out with your students! This lab will have you modeling the process of digestion and it's a lab your students won't forget.
This resource includes colorful directions for each station and two editable student labs : one for printing and one for digital learning management systems.
The required materials are easy to find : water, graham crackers, bananas, small plastic bag, big plastic bag, paper towels, and a funnel.
Report this resource to TPT
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Fun, easy Lab
This was great fun lab to add to the A&P section of my biology class.
such a fun and engaging lab
highlight of my student's year is when we do this lab at the end of the digestive system unit.
Fun Lab for Digestion
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
This was such a fun lab. The directions were great with detailed pictures to help with set up. The students loved this activity, and I think it was a great way to actually see what the digestive system does.
Great idea, good resource to use
Met expectations
Great value
My students loved this activity, and I enjoyed using this product. It was easy enough to make changes to what I wanted (since I have a lot of allergies in my class).
The best part was squeezing everything through a funnel - which I haven't seen before. It made the mass really look like poop. Don't skip that part.
Very fun activity
Students loved this hands on activity to demonstrate and model the digestive system
A great visual for students
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
They were grossed out by the idea but then really enjoyed this lab
7th Grade Science
Met expectations
Great value
Standards-aligned
My students thoroughly enjoyed this experiment! Please post more great ideas.
My students absolutely LOVED this resource and so did I! I gave them supplies in stations at their group, demonstrated the instructions and then allowed them to complete the task. We did this for each of the steps and it was a very successful lab! I also demonstrated this lab to my class periods that did not have the time to complete the lab themselves and it was just as engaging for them! I will be using this as part of our unit every year!
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Standards
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NGSSMS-LS1-7
Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism. Emphasis is on describing that molecules are broken apart and put back together and that in this process, energy is released. Assessment does not include details of the chemical reactions for photosynthesis or respiration.
NGSSMS-LS1-3
Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells. Emphasis is on the conceptual understanding that cells form tissues and tissues form organs specialized for particular body functions. Examples could include the interaction of subsystems within a system and the normal functioning of those systems. Assessment does not include the mechanism of one body system independent of others. Assessment is limited to the circulatory, excretory, digestive, respiratory, muscular, and nervous systems.
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