Tier 1 task sheet (Appendix

A)

Digestion! The Board Game

Objectives:
Students will:
Learn how the digestive system works
Create and play a board game based on the digestive system

Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Index cards
Poster board or construction paper
Art supplies (paints, markers, crayons)
Dice

Class Time:
2 lessons

Activity:
You have just been hired by Burp Toys to design and create a
board game called Digestion! As you design your game, think
about different kinds of board games you have played and the
various elements that they all have in common.

Burp Toys has provided you with some general

guidelines:
The board should look like the digestive system and include
all of the organs that are part of this system.
The goal of Digestion! should be to move the game pieces
from the mouth, through the digestive system, to the toilet.
Your game should have a stack of Digestion! cards that help
players move forward and backward. To create these cards,
think of things that either help or prevent food from moving
through the digestive system.
Your game should come with playing instructions.
Burp Toys will evaluate your game on how well it teaches

players the organs of the digestive system, how food moves

through it, and what things keep it healthy or can create
illness.

What are the common features of these board games?

Pictionary
Monopoly
Guess who
Trivial pursuit
Trouble
Types of questions you may include on your Questions
cards:
What are the main organs of the digestive system?
What are the structure and function of these organs?
What would happen if some of the organs werent functioning
properly in the body?
Write a description of an organ player has to guess the
correct organ.
Major organs to include:
Mouth
Oesophagus
Liver
Stomach
Gall bladder
Pancreas
Small intestine
Duodenum
Larger intestine
Appendix
Anus
Useful websites and resources:
Science 8 textbook pages 66-67
http://discoverykids.com/articles/your-digestive-system/
http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/digestive.ht
ml#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnzwbipJuAA
http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/ResourceCentres/Nutrition/

Digestive-system-conditions-and-specialdiets/Pages/Digestive-system-disorders.aspx
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/humanbody/digesti
vesystem.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestiv
e/

Tier 2 - task sheet (Appendix

B)

Digestion! The Board Game

Objectives:
Students will:
Learn how the digestive system works
Create and play a board game based on the digestive system

Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Index cards
Poster board or construction paper
Art supplies (paints, markers, crayons)
Dice

Class Time:
2 lessons

Activity:
You have just been hired by Burp Toys to design and create a
board game called Digestion! As you design your game, think
about different kinds of board games you have played and the
various elements that they all have in common.

Burp Toys has provided you with some general

guidelines:
The board should look like the digestive system and include
all of the organs that are part of this system.
The goal of Digestion! should be to move the game pieces

from the mouth, through the digestive system, to the toilet.

Your game should have a stack of Digestion! cards that help
players move forward and backward. To create these cards,
think of things that either help or prevent food from moving
through the digestive system.
Your game should come with playing instructions.
Burp Toys will evaluate your game on how well it teaches
players the organs of the digestive system, how food moves
through it, and what things keep it healthy or can create
illness.

Tier 3 - task sheet (Appendix

C)

Digestion! The Board Game

Objectives:
Students will:
Learn how the digestive system works
Create and play a board game based on the digestive system
Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Index cards
Poster board or construction paper
Art supplies (paints, markers, crayons)
Dice
Class Time:
2 lessons
Activity:
You have just been hired by Burp Toys to design and create a board
game called Digestion! As you design your game, think about different
kinds of board games you have played and the various elements that
they all have in common.
Burp Toys has provided you with some general guidelines:
The board should look like the digestive system and include all of the
organs that are part of this system.
The goal of Digestion! should be to move the game pieces from the
mouth, through the digestive system, to the toilet.

 Your game should have a stack of Digestion! cards that help players
move forward and backward. To create these cards, think of
questions related to the digestive system.
Your game should come with playing instructions.
Burp Toys will evaluate your game on how well it teaches players the
organs of the digestive system, how food moves through it, and what
things keep it healthy or can create illness.
Extension:
Choose an animal and research their digestive system, identifying the
structure and function of the major organs within the system.
Highlight any similarities and differences between your chosen
animals digestive system and the human digestive system.
Use this knowledge to incorporate some bonus questions or a bonus
game into your board game about the animals digestive system.