Monday, 17 December 2018

Digestive Fun in Year 3!

This half term in Year 3 we have been learning about teeth and the digestive system. We've done some great experiments - they've been pretty disgusting too!

We chose different substances to put eggs into to see what effect they have on our teeth. We covered part of the eggs with toothpaste to see how much toothpaste really protects our teeth... the results were incredible!
 Before
 Coke Zero - after
 Coke - after
 Milk - after
 Sugar- after 
Apple Juice- after
Ribena - after

The Ribena was the most surprising and definitely had the most yuck factor!

We also investigated what really happens to our food when we eat it.

First, we put the organ names in the right order:

Then, we found out what happened to biscuits going through the digestive system:



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