🔬 Science · Organisms & Life Processes
The Digestive System
Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the human digestive system: mouth, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
Typical age: 8–9 years
“Can your child trace the journey of a sandwich through the body — from chewing in the mouth all the way to the intestines?”
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