Lesson Plan
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION
The Department Lesson Plan
TITLE OF THE PLAN: The Digestive System
GRADE LEVEL: 7th
SUBJECT AREA: Science
CONCEPT/SKILL: To know the different organs in the digestive system and their functions. The students will also learn more intensely about the esophagus.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Regular class size. 50-minute class period
I. PREPARING TO TEACH: Identifying goals, objectives, purpose, and gathering materials and resources.
1. GOALS:
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
2. OBJECTIVE(S): The object is to have the students understand the function of the digestive system in the body. They will also see a reenactment of the esophagus
3. PURPOSE: To help the students understand the function of the digestive system and their functions
4. MATERIALS:
Digestive System power point
Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus worksheet
Youtube video
5. RESOURCES:
Smart Board
Journals
The Science Teacher’s Activity-A-Day, Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus worksheet, pages 153-154
Youtube.com
Tennis ball
Nylon knew-high stocking
Scissors
II. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:
1. FOCUSING ACTIVITY: The focusing activity will be a power point on the different organs that are involved in the digestive system
2. PURPOSE: Allow the students that they will be able to understand the path that food takes when it goes into your body by the end of the lesson
3. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS:
Go through the digestive system power point when the students enter the classroom
Allow the students to
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION
The Department Lesson Plan
TITLE OF THE PLAN: The Digestive System
GRADE LEVEL: 7th
SUBJECT AREA: Science
CONCEPT/SKILL: To know the different organs in the digestive system and their functions. The students will also learn more intensely about the esophagus.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Regular class size. 50-minute class period
I. PREPARING TO TEACH: Identifying goals, objectives, purpose, and gathering materials and resources.
1. GOALS:
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
2. OBJECTIVE(S): The object is to have the students understand the function of the digestive system in the body. They will also see a reenactment of the esophagus
3. PURPOSE: To help the students understand the function of the digestive system and their functions
4. MATERIALS:
Digestive System power point
Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus worksheet
Youtube video
5. RESOURCES:
Smart Board
Journals
The Science Teacher’s Activity-A-Day, Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus worksheet, pages 153-154
Youtube.com
Tennis ball
Nylon knew-high stocking
Scissors
II. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:
1. FOCUSING ACTIVITY: The focusing activity will be a power point on the different organs that are involved in the digestive system
2. PURPOSE: Allow the students that they will be able to understand the path that food takes when it goes into your body by the end of the lesson
3. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS:
Go through the digestive system power point when the students enter the classroom
Allow the students to