Day 1

• Read What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers.
• Do the sugar cube and carrot experiments as you go through the reading. (see book for details)
• Put a sticker, drawing, or picture of a hamburger on your "My Science Journey Poster."
• Discuss the reading with your child.

Day 2

Be creative.... (choose one or more suggestion)

• Label a picture of the digestive system.
• Draw a picture.... I suggest having your child draw a picture of all the favourite foods he/she likes to eat.
• Make a mobile of the basic parts of the digestive system.  Hang on string from a hanger the following parts:  mouth, teeth, tongue, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine.

Day 3

Read more... (choose 1 - 3 more books on the topic)

• Guts: Our Digestive System by Seymour Simon
• The Digestive System by Ben Morrison
• Eating by Anita Ganeri
• Eating by Anna Sandeman
• I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly by Joan Holub
• I Know Where My Food Goes by Jacqui Maynard

Day 4

Experiments, Activities, and/or Field Trips

• Have your child choose their favourite foods to create a special meal for dinner time.
• "How long is your small intestine?" - see suggestion in What Happens to a Hamburger?
• "How do the digestive fluids in your body affect food?" - see suggestion in What Happens to a Hamburger?
• Watch The Magic School Bus For Lunch VHS
• Websites:
• http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/299digest.pdf
• http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/03_2_DIGESTION.PDF
• http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/22K_Cells.pdf
• The Human Body System I: Digestive

Day 5

• Review - look through the books you read and discuss what you learned.
• Fill in "My Science Journey Journal" page.

• taste
• teeth
• Canada's Food Guide
• Food Pyramid
• nutrition
• microscopes
• cells
• blood
• table manners