Father Food Sends his Nice Nutrient Family on a Vacation through the Gastro Intestinal Tract

A Series of Tragic Events

Father waves goodbye	“Good bye! Have a good time!

as the Nutrients embark at the	Stay together, don’t go down any dark alleys

oral sphincter Station.	and don’t take any Enzymes from strangers!!

…… Send Postcards!!!!”

Glynda Glen Gertrude George

Arnie Annie Art Anthony

Sally Saturated

Ursula Unsaturated

Mikie Monosaturated

Mrs Glycerol & the lively little lipids

At the Term anus:

Father waits anxiously

for the family to arrive

“Oh No! They’ve been wasted.”	Fanny fibre cries,

“I think they’ve been

put into cells”

You are a part of the nutrient family. Write Father Food a post card from the Mouth, the Stomach, the Small Intestines and the Large Intestines. Be sure to name all the appropriate body parts, enzymes and any physical or chemical changes that occur. Don’t forget this is a post card so draw an illustration on the other side

Here are the vocabulary words you have learned about digestion and Nutrition.

They may help you:

Absorption

Amino Acids

Amylase

Anus

Bacteria

Bile

Blood Stream

Bolus

Carbohydrates

Cardiac Sphincter

Chemical Change

Churning

Chyme

Common Bile Duct

Deglutition

Duodenum

Enzymes

Emulsification

Fat

Fatty Acid

Feces

Fibre

Gall Bladder

Glands (Gastric, Salivary, Intestinal, Liver, Pancreas)

Glucose

Glycerol

Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)

Intestines (Large and Small)

Juices

Lipase

Lipid

Liver

Mastication

Microvilli

Minerals

Monosaccharides

Mucus

Neutralizes

Oesophagus

Pancreas

Pepsin

Peptidase

Peristalsis

Physical Change

Pyloric Sphincter

Rectum

Rennin

Rugae

Saliva

Saturated

Teeth

Tongue

Triglycerides

Ulcer

Unsaturated

Villi

Vitamins

Waste

Water

You’re off to the races

Zis can be fun