The digestive system is amazing: it takes the foods we eat and breaks them into smaller components that our body can use for energy, cell repair and growth. This activity introduces students to the main parts of the digestive system and how they interact. In addition, students learn about some of the challenges astronauts face when trying to eat in outer space.

Concepts

engineering, stem

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Additional Tags

astronaut diet, digestive system, gastrointestinal tract, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, digestion is space

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)