42Project Assignment: Carbohydrate breakdown comic

stripStudents create a model of a sugar

molecule. They then draw a 5-pane comic strip to describe how it began as a

carbohydrate(fruit, cookie, cracker, cake, juice, etc) and how it was broken down both chemically and physically during

digestion into a sugar molecule. Include the energy transformations taking place

throughout the process.

Due October 12, 2012

EXAMPLE

http://www.mydr.com.au/nutrition-weight/animation-carbohydrate-digestion

This website will give an animation on how carbohydrates are broken down. Students can use this as research to help with their cartoon.

Introduction of your food

And

Student Name

Illustration of the food in the mouth.

Illustration of food traveling from the mouth to the stomach.

Illustration of food in the stomach.

Illustrate food entering the first part of the small intestine.

Title: Ex: Tom the Twinkie’s journey through the digestive system.

Written and illustrated by:

John Doe

Description of what is happening to your food during this stage of digestion. Make sure you use the following words: mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, teeth, salivary glands, tongue, amylase, and carbohydrates.

Describe what is happening as food is swallowed and moves toward the stomach. Make sure you use the following words: pharynx, soft palate, esophagus, esophageal sphincter, peristalsis, and stomach.

Describe what happens to the food in the stomach and its preparation to enter the small intestine. Make sure you use the following words: pyloric valve, protein, lipids, chyme, hydrochloric acid, and pepsin.

Describe what happens to food leaving the stomach and filling the small intestine. Make sure you use the following words: duodenum, liver, gall bladder, bile, and pancreatic juices.