This module will provide information on the nutritional requirements of our body and how nutrition can affect the proper functioning of the digestive system.
Objective
1. Discuss the nutritional needs of our body.
2. Visualize scenarios on what will happen if the body’s nutritional needs are not adequately met.
3. Acquire knowledge and apply things learned by using essential concepts in nutrition in planning a menu.
Curriculum Information
Education Type
K to 12
Grade Level
Grade 8
Learning Area
Science
Content/Topic
Living Things and Their Environment
Intended Users
Learners, Students
Competencies
Explain ingestion absorption assimilation and excretion
Explain how diseases of the digestive system are prevented detected and treated
Identify healthful practices that affect the digestive system