Digesting Digestion: An Educational Laboratory to Teach Students about Enzymes and the Gastrointestinal Tract.

ABSTRACT: Digestion is a fundamentally important process for an individual's life. However, the physical process of digestion is hidden inside the body, making it challenging to understand and a particularly difficult topic for students to learn in the classroom. Traditional approaches to teaching body processes include a mixture of textbook teaching and visual learning. However, digestion is not particularly visual. This activity is designed to engage students using a combination of visual, inquiry-based, and experiential learning approaches and introduces the scientific method to students in secondary school. The laboratory simulates digestion, creating a "stomach" inside of a clear vial. Students fill the vials with a protease solution and visually observe the digestion of food. By making predict

SUBMITTER: Mack S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933529 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature