Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Modeling the parts of the digestive system- Kinesthetic model

Kinesthetic grade 5 students acted out the process of digestion in an interesting activity.
 First, we placed several M &Ms in a small plastic bag. 

Then, we placed the bag of candies along with wadded papers in a plastic container.

 Finally, we brought spray bottles filled with water that demonstrated the juices in our digestive system; we labeled them as Saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice, and bile. 


Now it’s grade 5 students turn to model the digestive system. Students were divided into 2 groups and lined up facing each other. The path between them is the digestive tract. All the students worked together to push the food particles down the tract. I assigned a job for each pairs of students, based on their position along the digestive tract. The first 2 students were the molars that cut food into small pieces. Then the second 2 students were the saliva, stomach, small intestine, and finally the large intestine.


 At the end of this activity we all enjoyed eating the delicious M & Ms.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you for the amzing work our best Ms. Rawaa

Ali Ahmed said...

We will never forget that great experience we had together and thank you so much for all you have done for us Mrs.Rawaa

Unknown said...

We really had fun in this nice activity, thank you Mrs. Rawaa for your for your hard effort.

Rawaa Shehab said...

I'm very happy because you are interested in the activities we are doing.
It's always my pleasure to teach such intelligent and unique students.
Way to go dears :)

lynn darraj said...

it was the best activity and we had fun so much