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Digestion in Man. Javeria Hafeez. Unit Summary. During this project students will play the role of Physiologists and will be performing various tasks during the complete project. Students will be divided into different groups to note down the digestive activities of a complete day
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Digestion in Man Javeria Hafeez
Unit Summary During this project students will play the role of Physiologists and will be performing various tasks during the complete project. • Students will be divided into different groups to note down the digestive activities of a complete day • They will communicate their findings through wiki and blogs • Students along with the teacher will visit different slaughter houses in order to examine digestive system of different cattle • The groups will find out the comparisons between the digestive system of man and different cattle through reference books and online research • Students will present their findings and learning through brochures and multimedia presentations
Curriculum framing questions Essential Question Why do we need food? Unit Questions What is digestion? How food digests in our body? Content Questions • What are the organs involved in digestion? • How many types of digestion are there? • What type of food digests in Buccal cavity? • Name the enzymes involved for digesting different types of food. • How digestion takes place in stomach?
Formatives Think-Pair-Share Question answering Project plan Informal observations and anecdotal notes Project meetings and conference agenda through Wiki and Blog Summative End chapter tests Final presentations Project rubric Assessments
Digestion in man This project will help my students develop higher order thinking skills by: • Collaborating with peers. • Analyzing data about human digestive system and drawing conclusions to answer Unit Questions • Solving problems and making decisions about their experience. • Communicating with others in a brochure
My Goals for the Course • Find ways to get my students more interested in learning daily life science • Learn about various physiological aspects • Share ideas with other teachers