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Five class sessions, fifty minutes each, Monday – Friday 


 * Monday **: pre class- students will enter and proceed in taking their seats and preparing writing materials for the class period. When bell rings students should be prepared and ready for note taking. Upon arrival each student’s desk will contain one food item provided. For the first ten minutes of class we will go over a brief synopsis of the section. Students will know and understand what to expect for the upcoming week. Following the overview of the section I will have each student consume their food item and we will begin our first discussion on where the human digestive tract begins; this will take approximately 40 minutes. Student will view and follow along with prezi presentations provided for the lecture.

 Steps for the intestine activity: 
 * Tuesday: ** pre class- students will enter and proceed in taking their seats and preparing writing materials for the class period. When bell rings students should be prepared and ready for note taking. Upon arrival we shall take the first thirty five minutes of class continuing our discussion of the digestive tract starting from the stomach to the small intestines. Hand-outs will have already been placed on student’s desks that follow along with Tuesday’s lecture before student’s arrival. I shall demonstrate on the classroom promethium interactive white board how food moves slowly through our stomach into our small intestine. After lecture students will form a circle around the class room in order to perform our intestine activity which will consume about fifteen minutes of class time. Throughout Tuesday’s lecture students will have concluded the approximate length of the human intestines.
 * 1) 1. Know exactly how long the human intestinal tract is.
 * 2) 2. Take the piece of string provided and measure the exact length of the human intestinal tract.
 * 3) 3. Stretch entire measure piece of string across the length of the classroom.
 * 4) 4. Discuss the length of your intestinal tract with peers.

The result that the students should see is that the filter holds back the particles of cocoa. Only the liquid can pass through the coffee filter. The activity explains how this is the same function that occurs in the intestines.
 * Wednesday: **Class will begin with our continuation and ending of the digestive system in a thirty minute lecture. After lecture students will be placed in groups in order to perform our absorption activity. The absorption activity will take about twenty minutes.
 * Materials: **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coffee filter, clear glass, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp cocoa, 1 spoon
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Steps for absorption activity: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using a coffee filter, form a funnel shape. Place the funnel in a clear glass.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using a second place, mix together the following solution - glass of water, one tsp. sugar, one tsp. cocoa. Stir together with a spoon until they are thoroughly mixed.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pour the mixture into the glass with the coffee filter. Be sure to hold the filter in place with your fingers.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Watch the mixture drop through to the bottom of the glass.

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thursday: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">For the first forty minutes of class students will provide their undivided attention to the introduction of the urinary system. Students will follow along with the power point presentation provided while taking notes and following pages assigned in text book. At certain points in our lecture I will be asking students key point questions for the section.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Friday: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We will take about twenty minutes to wrap up the urinary tract and students will be allowed the rest of class time to construct their five minute presentations on basic concepts of the two main systems covered in this section.