Year 4 - The Digestive system - Making poo!

What happens when we eat our food? It goes into our mouth – then the stomach – intestines – and then we poop it out.

But it looks different when it comes out! It is mushy, mixed up, has a different color, and smells different. Where does this difference come from? All the healthy ingredients are gone. Where are they?

Somehow, we broke down the food and absorbed all the healthy ingredients. How did this happen?

Year 4 made their own model of the digestive system to see what happens at each step along the way.