Topic: Digestion – Looking at Absorption
School: St Nicholas Primary School
Age Range: 10-11 years
Name of Teacher: S Hopkinson
Description:
We were looking at how liquid is absorbed from the digestive track into the blood stream
– what is absorption? Children asked to bring in absorbent materials. Find out which
material absorbs the most liquid.
Locate the homework:
Living things and the processes of life – outline the process of digestion the functions of
the digestive system is to breakdown food into a usable form that is taken into the body.
Unabsorbed materials are expelled.
Find out which material absorbs the most liquid.

Topic: Kidneys
School: St Nicholas Primary School
Age Range: Level C
Name of Teacher: S Hopkinson
Description:
Find something that will filter water/a solution. What is filtration?
Locate the homework:
Identify the broad functions of the organs of the human body – excretion/waste removal
(kidney, bladder) -> experiment –> which materials filters best? -> what happens to the
materials that are left in the body?