2. The Digestive System

3. Raise your hand if you ate breakfast today.

4. What are some things that you think about after you eat breakfast? School LA Math Lunch How many of you think about what is happening to your food?

5. Once you put your food in your mouth, the digestive system takes over to help your body grow, stay strong, and be healthy.

6. Your body uses food in different ways. Some kinds of food make strong bones and hard teeth. Other food turns into muscles. Before your body can do these things, it has to change the food. When your body changes the food you eat, you are digesting it.

7. Watch the video clip to learn about what parts help our bodies digest the food we eat. Good Food for Good Health The Digestive System (:32) The Digestive System

8. What are some of the parts of our digestive system? Mouth teeth stomach large intestine

9. These parts of the digestive system are important because they help our bodies to receive nutrition from what we eat. In order to receive nutrition, we must eat healthy foods. Good Food for Good Health The Food Pyramid (3:13)The Food Pyramid

10. Let’s take a closer look at the food pyramid by exploring this website. Click on the picture below.

11. What are some things that you will think about after you eat lunch NOW? Did I eat healthy foods? I wonder where my food is now? Did my lunch contain all of the food groups? I’m glad I have the digestive system to keep me healthy!!!