how our body works - santa gema 2nd grade

HOW OUR BODY HOW OUR BODY WORKSWORKS

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LOLA RODRÍGUEZ AND MIGUEL URDÍNLOLA RODRÍGUEZ AND MIGUEL URDÍN

COLEGIO SANTA GEMA GALGANICOLEGIO SANTA GEMA GALGANIACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015

What do we have to eat?

❖ We need to eat different types of food in order to get all the nutrients that we need.

❖ We need to get 5 different nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals and vitamins.

CARBOHYDRATES

❖ To get energy.

PROTEINS

❖ To grow

FATS

❖ To store energy.

Minerals

❖ For example, calcium, to have strong bones and teeth.

VITAMINS❖ To be healthy.

CAN YOU FIND A TYPE OF FOOD THAT...

❖ Has carbohydrates?

❖ Has proteins?

❖ Has fats?

❖ Has minerals?

❖ Has vitamins?

WHAT TYPE OF NUTRIENT DOES...

❖ The milk have?

❖ The apples have?

❖ The chicken has?

❖ The fish has?

❖ The cheese has?

Digestive system

FUNCTIONS

❖ Break the food in pieces.

❖ Take the nutrients.

❖ Carry them to the blood.

PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

❖ MOUTH

PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

❖ GULLET

PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

❖ STOMACH

PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

❖ SMALL INTESTINE

PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

❖ LARGE INTESTINE

ORDER THE PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

❖ Gullet

❖ Stomach

❖ Small intestine

❖ Large intestine

❖ Mouth

FirstSecond

ThirdFourthFifth

Why do we need aWhy do we need aRespiratory System?Respiratory System?

WHAT IS IN THE AIR THAT OUR BODY

NEEDS?

OXYGEN

HOW DOES THE OXYGEN FROM THE AIR GET INTO THE

BODY

Through theThrough theRESPIRATORY SYSTEMRESPIRATORY SYSTEM

What is the What is the RESPIRATORY SYSTEMRESPIRATORY SYSTEM

made up of?made up of?

The The Respiratory SystemRespiratory Systemis made up of…is made up of…

NOSE

TRACHEAOR

WINDPIPE

LUNGS

Let’s Review theLet’s Review theRESPIRATORY RESPIRATORY

SYSTEM!!!SYSTEM!!!

We breathe inThrough the…

……nosenose

The air goes down the…

……trachea to the trachea to the lungslungs

Why do we need a circulatory system?

What does our body need from food?

NUTRIENTSNUTRIENTS

What happens in the small intestine?

NUTRIENTSNUTRIENTS PASS PASS INTO THE INTO THE BLOODBLOOD

What does our body need from the air?

OXYGENOXYGEN

What happens in the lungs?

Oxygen Oxygen passes into passes into the the bloodblood

Now, we have oxygen and nutrients in the blood.

How the How the oxygen oxygen and and the the nutrients nutrients get all get all

over the body?over the body?

Through theThrough theCirculatory SystemCirculatory System

What is the name of the pump that moves the

blood?

The HEART is like a pump. It beats non – stop and moves blood, with nutrients and oxygen in it, round the body.

Where does the Where does the blood blood go?go?

In In tubes tubes calledcalledblood blood

vesselsvessels..

Where do the blood vessels go?

All over the bodyAll over the body

WHAT DOES THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM

DO FOR US?DO FOR US?

❖ Protection: The locomotor system protect all the vital organs.

❖ Stability: with the skeleton, we can stand up.

❖ Movement: the muscles are in charge of the movement of the body.

THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM

❖ PARTS OF THE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM

BONESMUSCLES