From the Plate to the Stomach

Some things we did today:

We tried marshmallows dipped in cheese. Cheese-mallows. - Russell

We sat in a dark room and chomped on wintergreen lifesavers. When you chomped on them, they lit up in the dark. - Zoe

That is called bioluminescence. - Ms. Searcy

Fish that live deep under the sea where there is no light have bioluminescence. - Alexa

Sea creatures like gulper eel, jelly fish, flashlight fish, some shrimp, and squid all have bioluminescence.

We ate cow tongue !!!! Zoe

The students really liked the cow tongue. You can buy it in a Jewish deli in the meat section.

We measured the time between lighting and thunder. - Jessi

The distance mean of the lighting strikes was six miles.

We turned solid cheese into a liquid and then later it hardened back into a solid. - Cole

This was a physical change. - Ethan

We had fondue.

We dipped bread, apples and marshmallows into our fondue cheese dip.

How does food travel from a plate to a stomach?

Lift the food from the plate to the mouth.

Open the mouth.

Insert the food.

Chew – saliva mixes with the food.

Swallow.

Go to the epiglottis. It will close the trachea and open the esophagus.
Food goes down the espophagus. Muscles push it down – this is called peristaltis. Gravity helps move it down. Slimy mucus helps, too.

Into the stomach. Acid digests your food (chemical digestion). Muscles push the food around (physical digestion).