Biology September 19, 2016

•OBJECTIVE: Students will describe orally and in writing how food is digested in the human alimentary canal.

•W.O.D. Acute-sharp, severe

•WARM-UP

1.Food in the mouth undergoes both mechanical and chemical digestion. Explain the difference.

2.Why must nutrients be digested before the body can use them?

HW

•Draw (by hand) an annotated diagram of the human digestive system

CW

Notes on human digestion