A yucky discovery!

This week we made a gross discovery about how food changes while traveling from our mouth to our stomach after we chew.

First, students put an item from their snacks in the plastic bag with a little bit of water

We took the change to discuss the importance of eating healthier snacks 

We observed what happened to some of the food items after one hour

Next, we gave a little help "chewing" the food with our hands

It was yucky, but everyone enjoyed giving a little squeeze

It looked awful!

We needed extra help with some items that were too hard to "chew"

Squeeze!

We took notes about our little experiment, recording the food items we used, what we observed during the process, what we would have observed if we had healthier food items such as fruits, and most of all how food looks like during digestion.

It was disgustingly awesome!