Tag Archives: digestion

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).

6.1 Digestion & Absorption

A powerpoint from the OLD syllabus, but much is still relevant.

A fantastic animated tutorial from McGraw Hill Education on the Organs of Digestion & one on the action of Sucrase.

Mr Paul Andersen (from Bozeman High) details The Digestive System in a 9m 38s tutorial:

In Crash Course Biology #28 – The Digestive System, Hank takes us through the bowels of the human digestive system and explains why it’s all about surface area.

B4 Syllabus Statements

For self-assessment questions, with exercises and discussions, just click on the correct topic at Biology GCSE & IGCSE Question Bank. Powerpoints can be downloaded from the same site here. The s-cool revision site lets you revise the topic, summarizes the topic & tests you on it. Skoool gives you a lesson, including progress questions, for each Biology topic but you’ll need sound on for it.

What’s in a molecule? – The science of macaroni salad from TED-Ed (3m 15s).

This powerpoint covers both Plant and Animal nutrition:

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebookchapter 4, pp.31 – 37 & chapter 7, pp.64 – 67, 69 & pp.71 – 82

B4.3 Animal Nutrition

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 7, pp. 66 – 67 & 71 – 82

B4.3 Revision notes in downloadable word format and here are the key terms and some definitions: Key Terms B4.3

GCSE Bitesize revises Digestion (3m 44) and digestion & enzymes in Nutrition (6m). The New Living Body – Digestion is a 19m video especially concerning fat.

Digestion foundation level from biologica.edu

This covers the basics of digestive enzymes but we need to know it in more detail:

Y7 Life 10 digestive enzymes from Ms Yam

Absorption of food from biologica.edu

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Fluoride

Image from LadyofHats and infographic from Compound Interest – just click to enlarge.