The+Human+Digestive+System

Grace Dodge Career and Technical High School Bronx, New York

LIVING ENVIRONMENT Lesson Plan __Title__: Human Digestive System

__Description__: This lesson combines Smart board technology and online video streaming to instruct students about the human digestive system.

__Duration__: 2 periods

__Learning Objectives__: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify the parts and describe the function of each part of the human digestive system

__Materials__: The Human Digestive System Powerpoint The Human Digestive System video from [|www.thirteen.org/edonline/itv] Smart Board with LCD Projector Computer with internet access Food path worksheet Collaborative Scientific Diagram rubric

__Step by Step Procedure__:
 * 1) Quick-write (journal activity)
 * 2) Film-viewing- The Human Digestive System [|www.thirteen.org/edonline/itv]
 * 3) Smartboard activity (labeling the Human digestive system and matching the parts of the human digestive system to their functions)
 * 4) Collaborative Scientific Diagram (3 per group)

__Grade Level__: 9

__Support Materials__: Biology textbook by Miller & Levine, big post-it notes, 3 markers per group

__Assessment__: Please see attached rubric for the collaborative Scientific Diagram.

__Related Standards__: MST4.C.LE1B Students describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body at different organizational levels (e.g., systems, tissues, cells, organelles).

MST4.C.LE5A Students explain the basic biochemical processes in living organisms and their importance in maintaining dynamic equilibrium.

MST4.C.LE5B Students explain disease as a failure of homeostasis.

__Submitted By__:

Eden V. Antalan eantalan@schools.nyc.gov