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8A Food & Digestion

Scientific Eye – Diet & Nutrition – a 19m video:

The Human Body – Digestion – a 5m 28s video and how Teeth grow – a 4m video.

Science Bank – Food & Digestion – a 14m 28s video.

Science in Action – Animal Nutrition – an 19m 12s video.

KS3 Bitesize foundation level – Humans as Organisms part 1 – a video covering Nutrition & the Digestive System plus other stuff.

D2 Digestion (SL & HL)

Digestion: Further Human Physiology from Stephen Taylor – thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology).

Fantastic animated tutorials from McGraw Hill Education on hormones & gastric secretion & the 3 phases of gastric secretion.

Click on ‘Fatty Acid Metabolism’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley on Lipid Digestion & Absorption (& metabolism which we don’t need).

Absorption Of Digested Foods from Stephen Taylor – thank you Mr Taylor (of iBiology).

Click on ‘Fatty Acid Metabolism’ to see an Interactive Animation from Wiley on Lipid Digestion & Absorption (& metabolism which we don’t need).

B4.1 Nutrients

Nice concept map to help revise this section:

The six major nutrients (you also need fibre):

Science Bank 21 (Food & Digestion): part 1 – Food Tests; part 2 – the Digestive System (from 4m 40s); part 3- Digestive Enzymes (from 9m):

B4.1 Revision notes in downloadable word format and here are the key terms and some definitions: Key Terms B4.1

Bitesize Top 20 Demos – Food as a Fuel (2m 16s).

Here’s a useful powerpoint, although it doesn’t cover everything we need to know:

Nutrients presentation from katmar62

The use of microorganisms in the manufacture of yoghurt, notes here and video here:

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 4, pp.31 – 37 & chapter 7, pp.64 – 66 & 69