Question

In this assignment, you will write a story about how different foods travel through the digestive and excretory system from the mouth to the anus. Pretend that you are a food, such as pizza, traveling through the digestive system. Explain what happens to you (food) in the digestive tract from the time you are placed in the mouth until you exit the body. What do you see along the way? What happens to you at each part of the journey? Make your story creative and fun. The essay should be 1 to 1.5 pages, typed (using 12 pt. font), double-spaced. Your story should have the following elements: Describe how food travels through the digestive system. Include 3-4 different foods. Explain what occurs at each organ of digestion. Be written in the first-person point of view (This means you pretend that you are the food, so use I and me to refer to yourself). Include these key words and phrases: stomach, digestion, small intestine, large intestine, mouth, anus, and complete digestive system.

Answer 1

d health

are explained on a nutrient level. The connection

of nutrients to dietary choices begins. Proteins,

Carbohydrates (aka “carbs”), Fats, Minerals,

Vitamins and Water are defined as the major

nutrient groups.

Focus and Engage

■ This chapter will make the students aware of the

food choices they make.

■ Help the students learn to evaluate foods for

nutritional quality.

■ Encourage the students to understand their

bodies’ needs.

Introduce the Section

a. Encourage the students to be aware of the varied

food choices available to them.

b. Discuss new food options and ideas with the

students.

c. Help the students to realize that nutrition is a

science, not just an opinion or a feeling.

2 Chapter 1 ■ The Food You Eat

1 The Food You Eat

Have you ever wondered how the food you eat fuels your body?

Why some foods make your body feel and perform better than others? Nutrition has the answers. The more you know about nutrition,

the better you will be able to make food choices that will keep you

healthy and strong and keep your body functioning optimally.

Adequate nutrition can help prevent certain diseases, maintain an

optimal body weight, and give you more energy to participate in the

activities you enjoy. There are six essential nutrients in the human

diet. Take a look at what’s on the menu in your school cafeteria

today, and see if you can identify items that contain these nutrients.

In This Chapter,

You Will . . .

■ Understand the science of

nutrition

■ Learn how proteins, carbohydrates, and fats comprise the

foods you eat

■ Learn about the benefits of

vitamins, minerals, and water

■ Discover what calories are and

how they are calculated

■ Learn about food additives

such as flavor enhancers,

preservatives, and coloring

Why YOU Need to Know This

2

Advance PreparationUSDA nutrient database (www.nal.usda.gov)

FDA Web site for label reading (www.cfsan.fda.gov)

Prepare Students will need colored pencils or markers

Paper for graphic organizers

Pop-beads—small costume jewelry or large baby toys that connect

Index cards or small pieces of paper

Answer 2

This is how i would most likely start off

Hi there. I’m a piece of food. What kind am I? I’m a piece of pizza! I’m made of bread, sauce and cheese. Kids love me! When you eat any kind of food it has to go somewhere. You chew it in your mouth, you swallow it, it goes down your throat, and into your stomach. But how do you digest it? In the stomach there is an acid called gastric acid or stomach acid. When you eat, the food goes down into the stomach and the acid begins break the food into small pieces. This is called digestion. When you drink a liquid it does the same but it takes a tad bit longer and you might feel bubbles in your stomach especially if you’ve had a carbonated drink. Soup will also travel smoothly into the digestive system. Solid foods take time to be broken down into small pieces so it can be made into energy and waste. So if you were a piece of bread like me it would take a while for the stomach to digest you because bread takes longer to be broken down than other foods. The reason bread takes longer to be broken down is because flour becomes a half solid form when it is mixed with water. Your stomach is made to digest the foods you eat into pulps that the body can use for energy.