Digestion in

Stomach and
Intestines
Questions:
a. What does the videoclip show?
b. Why do we need food?
c. What will happen if we do not eat
food today?
d. What do we usually eat during
breakfast? Lunch? Dinner?
e. What do you think happened to the
food you have eaten as it gets
inside your mouth?
f. Are the food you have eaten
directly get inside the different
parts of your body?
g. What happens if we do not have
 Mechanics
1. Set a leader, secretary, and resource
manager and presentor for your
group.
2. When you perform the activity,
maintain order and cleanliness.
3. Do not play with the given materials.
4. Always cooperate with your group.
5. Respect the opinion of your
classmates.
Objectives:
1. Identify the the major organs for digestion.
2. Describe the functions of stomach and
intestines through group activities.
3. Appreciate the significance of the major
organs of our body.
4. Eat a well-balanced diet.
Activity 1: How is food digested in the
stomach?
Guide Questions:
1.What happened to the biscuits, flour
and other food after shaking the
resealable bag?
2.The stomach is similar to the bag in
your activity. How are they similar?
3.Will the food stay in the stomach for a
long time?
4. What will happen to the food after it is
broken down into small pieces?
Activity 2: How is food digested in the
intestines?

Guide Questions:

1.What went through the paper towel?

2.Describe the materials that went through
the paper towel.
3.What happened to the liquid materials?
4.What will happen to those that did not
went through the paper towel.
5.Which organ is similar to the paper towel?
Presentation
of Answers
 Activity 1
1.What happened to the biscuits, flour and other food after
shaking the resealable bag?
 They were broken into smaller pieces and became sticky. all
the materials added were combined together.

2.The stomach is similar to the bag in your activity. How are

they similar?
 They are both big.

3.Will the food stay in the stomach for a long time?

 No.

4. What will happen to the food after it is broken down into small
pieces?
 It will further be digested in the small intestines to be
absorbed by the body.
 Activity 2
1.What went through the paper towel?
 The water went through.

2.Describe the materials that went through the paper towel.

 The materials are liquid.

3.What happened to the liquid materials?

 It will be absorbed by the body.

4.What will happen to those that did not went through the
paper towel.
 It will go out of the body.

5.Which organ is similar to the paper towel?

 THe intestines are similar t the paper towel.
Digestion
in
Stomach
and
Intestines
Stomach
The food we eat gives us
energy to work and play. Without
food, the other parts of the body
like bones and muscles and the
internal organs do not have energy
to function. The process by which
food is broken down into nutrients
is called digestion.
Digestion takes place as
soon as we start to chew food.
Saliva from the salivary glands
mixes with the food to soften it.
Saliva also kills bacteria and
breaks down starches into sugars.
Most chewed food from the mouth
• The stomach is a
large organ that is lined
with layers of muscles.
As the muscles contract
and relax, food in the
stomach is squeezed,
twisted and churned.
While the food is
physically changed in
the stomach, digestive
enzymes and juices are
also combined to
 Digestion is both
mechanical and chemical. The
mechanical part breaks down
food into small bits by the
chewing of food in the mouth
and squeezing of food
particles in the stomach. The
chemical part of digestion is
the mixing of food particles
with chemicals in the saliva
and stomach which changes it
into nutrients that can be
absorbed by the body. Food
stays in the stomach for four
hours, turns into thick liquid,
and goes to the small
Small Intestine
The small
intestine is about 2.5 cm
wide wide and 7 m long
coiled tube where food
is finally digested and
absorbed. It has
digestive juices and
other enzymes that
completely digests food
and absorbs digested
nutrients.
 The linings of the small
intestine function like a filter.
Digested nutrients needed by the
body are absorbed by the linings
of the small intestine just like
water that passed through the
filter. Undigested food particles
are passed to the large
intestine, colon, rectum and
anus to be passed out of the
body during defecation.
 Large
Intestine

Anus
Read carefully. Provide the needed answers.

1. Give foods that you usually eat in

school.
2.What part of the body changes the
food we eat before it will be readily
absorbed by our body cells?
3.What should be done to the food you
eat before it can be used by the body
for growth development and repair of
tissues?
4.How would you help your stomach and
intestine work properly?
 Evaluation
A. Answer the following questions in your own words.
1. What is the function of stomach in relation to digestion?
2. What about the small intestine?

B. Label the organs for digestion and write the path of the
digested food you ate by putting arrows.
 The process by which food is broken
down into nutrients is called digestion. It
starts from the mouth, goes to the
stomach, and ends in the intestines.
The stomach is a large organ that is
lined with layers of muscles. It squeezes,
twists, churns the foods eaten and mixed
with digestive juices to change food into
nutrients.
The small intestine contains digestive
juices and other enzymes that completely
digests food and absorbs digested
nutrients. Its walls are made up of muscles
that squeeze food and continuously move
it. Undigested food particles are passed to
 Assignment
At home, what are the 5 most common
problems related to digestion?
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5.