Digestive System Lab Activities - Model and Simulate the GI Tract
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How long is the human gastrointestinal tract? What role does each organ fulfill in digestion? Send your high-school Anatomy, Health, or Biology students into a hands-on, gut-mimicking activity on the human digestive system. Haven't done any teaching on the digestive system yet? No worries! This lab can be used with very little prior instruction. I've included my notes that I teach before the lab in this resource so that you can be certain your students are ready for the content.
This lab is broken into two meaningful parts.
Part 1: Students will figure out how long their own digestive system is and create a replica with different colors of yarn. They'll also learn how long food is in each part of the digestive system. Once they finish their model of the digestive system, they will answer analysis questions.
Part 2: In the second part of the lab, students will "digest" a bag of cereal as they learn what each organ in the gastrointestinal tract does to food. Each time they learn a new organ, they will do something to the bag of food, turning it into "chyme" and eventually into "solid waste."
Supplies required for Part 1: red yarn, yellow yarn, green yarn, blue yarn, purple yarn, scissors, masking tape (Dollar Tree has yarn!)
Supplies required for Part 2: 2 plastic sandwich bags per group, box of cereal, lemon juice or vinegar, food coloring (yellow & green), enough paper towel rolls for each group to have one, enough sponges for each group to have one, scissors, permanent markers
This resource is available in both print and digital forms. Included within this resource you will receive:
- 7-page student lab packet
- 7-page digital student lab packet (through Google Slides™ with textboxes)
- Key to the lab packet
This resource comes from my full Digestive System Unit! It is also included in my Full-Year Anatomy & Physiology Curriculum.
Here’s how I use these resources to teach the Digestive System:
Day 1: Top half of the Digestive System Doodle Notes, Pages 1 and 2 of the Digestive System Coloring & Activity Worksheets
Day 2: Pages 1 - 3 of the Digestive System Lab; bottom half of the Digestive System Doodle Notes
Day 3: Pages 3 - 8 of the Digestive System Coloring & Activity Worksheets
Day 4: Notes on the Digestive System using my Digestive System Foldable Notes
Day 5: Pages 4 - 7 of the Digestive System Lab
