14 Fun Facts About Digestion: Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

How does your body use food?
What happens to food after you chew it up and swallow it?
What does your gallbladder do?
How long are your intestines?

Follow the path of food as it goes from your mouth to your stomach, and on through your intestines. See what happens to it all along the way with these 14 fun facts.

The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301738595

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

DIGESTION

by Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15-Minute book

We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Smashwords Edition

(c) Copyright 2006 Caitlind Alexander. All rights reserved.

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14 Fun Facts About Digestion / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A brief look at the digestive system and how it works.

1. Digestion. Juvenile Literature. 2. Human Body. Juvenile Literature. 3. Anatomy and Physiology. Juvenile Literature.

Created in USA

Reading Level: 4.9

Words: 1745

Ages 8 and up.

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Digestion is the process of taking food into your body and having your body break it down, absorb the nutrients from it, and get rid of what it doesn’t need. Here’s at look at some fun fact about digestion from start to finish!

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Fact 1: Digestion starts in your mouth.

Many people think that food is digested in your stomach. That’s not true. There are a lot of organs that help you digest your food.

Digestion actually starts with your mouth. Your teeth chew up the food and start to break it into little