Semiserious Chefs

The basic goals of this unit:

• Learn about the parts of the Digestive Systems
  • Mouth, Tongue, and Teeth
  • Esophagus
  • Stomach
  • Liver
  • Pancrease
  • Gallbladder
  • Small Intestines
  • Large Intestines, Colon
  • Appendix
  • Rectum and Anus
• Learn about the parts of the Urinary System
  • Kidneys
  • Bladder
  • Urethra
• Learn the basic process food takes through the digestive tract
• Learn the process of the body digesting and filtering liquids
• Learn some common ailments for the Digestive and Urinary Systems
• Learn how to perform the Heimlich/Abdominal Thrusts
• Learn how to treat an infant who is choking
• Continued practice with Triage

Our Reading Resources for The Digestive and Urinary Systems:
(Pictures of these books, more details about each, and some helpful links can be found on the Elementary First Responder Home Page.)

• The Diving Down the Digestive System Chapter of “A Trip Through the Body;” pages 46-61
• The Digestive Chapter of “The Bones Book;” pages 40-43
• The Digestion Chapter of Reader Digest’s “How the Body Works;” pages 80-93
  
• The Abdominal Pain, Diarrhea, Constipation, Nausea and Vomiting, and Urinary Tract Infection sections in the Outward Bound book; pages 179-82, 188-191, 197-199
• The Toxins, Allergies, and Anphlylaxis Chapter of the Outward Bound book; pages 125-136 (If you haven’t done these in previous units.)
• The Digestive System chapter of “The Human Body Book” by Parker pages 189-203
• The Digestive System Disorders section of “The Human Body Book” by Parker pages 204-209
• The Urinary System chapter of “The Human Body Book” by Parker pages 210-217
• The Urinary Disorders section of “The Human Body Book” by Parker pages 218-19
• The Choking, Poisoning, and Digestive sections of your preferred 1st Aid book. (We have a Boy Scout 1st Aid handbook, a Pediatric First Aid student guide, and the John Hopkins First Aid for Children Fast book)
• SOAP study #19, #37, and #38 in the Wilderness Medicine Workbook

Additional Reading Specific to Nathan’s Having CF:

• “Medikidz Explain Cystic Fibrosis”
• “What’s Up With Beth? Medikidz Explain Cystic Fibrosis”
• “Medikidz Explain Pancreatic Enzymes”
• “Medikidz Explain Type 1 Diabetes”

Some Hands-On Activities and Field Trip Ideas:

• The Digestive and Urinary System activity pages in Scholastic’s “The Body Book”
• Experiments in the Digestive Chapter of Reader Digest’s “How the Body Works“
• Practice abdominal thrusts on victims/dummies of multiple ages.
• The Digestive Tract Projects in Scholastic’s “Make it Work! Body” page 34-35
• Visit a Dialysis Clinic
• Donate blood, or go with another adult, for your Child[ren] to see the process.
• Dissect a chicken or other feed animal to identify all of the organs that belong to digestion, as well as the others now that your child has learned them all.
• Hold mock accidents involving multiple injuries, now that you have completed all of the units.
  • SOAP study #39 and #40 in the Wilderness Medicine Workbook