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Digestion Discovery Worksheet
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Digestion Discovery Worksheet
🍞 Part 1: Our Digestion Experiment
1. What happened to the bread when we added water?
It stayed the same
It became soft and mushy
It became harder
2. Which foods broke down easily in our experiment? (Tick all that apply)
Bread
Weet-Bix
Corn kernels
3. What does the warm water represent in our digestive system?
Our teeth
Stomach acid and juices
Our mouth
4. Complete the sentence using these words: puku, breaks down, soft
When food goes into our __________ (stomach), it __________ and becomes __________.
🎨 Part 2: Draw and Explain
5. Draw what happened to the bread in our experiment:
6. Explain what you observed using these sentence starters:
At the beginning, the bread looked...
After adding water, the bread became...
This is like what happens in our body because...
🌟 Part 3: Vocabulary and Extension
7. Match the English words with their te reo Māori meanings:
Body
Food
Stomach
Mouth
Waha
Kai
Puku
Tinana
8. Extension Challenge: Why do you think the corn didn't break down as much as the bread and Weet-Bix?
9. Extension Challenge: What foods do you think would be easy for your puku to digest? List 3 foods and explain why.
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