What’s on the Digestive System poster
A definition and 5 facts worth remembering.
Breaks food down into pieces small enough for the blood to absorb, and removes what is left.
- Digestion starts in the mouth — saliva begins breaking down starch.
- The stomach uses acid strong enough to dissolve metal.
- The small intestine is about 6 metres long.
- Most nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.
- The large intestine's main job is absorbing water.
- Main parts — mouth, oesophagus
- mouth · oesophagus · stomach · small intestine · large intestine · liver
Feeds the circulatory system, which delivers the nutrients onwards.
Questions about the Digestive System poster
- What’s on the Digestive System poster?
- A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. Breaks food down into pieces small enough for the blood to absorb, and removes what is left. Digestion starts in the mouth — saliva begins breaking down starch.; The stomach uses acid strong enough to dissolve metal.; The small intestine is about 6 metres long.; Most nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.; The large intestine's main job is absorbing water.; Main parts — mouth, oesophagus; mouth · oesophagus · stomach · small intestine · large intestine · liver. Feeds the circulatory system, which delivers the nutrients onwards.
- Who is the Digestive System poster for?
- Digestive System is filed under 5th Grade (ages 10–11), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting science, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Digestive System poster?
- Point to where this system is on your own body as you read each fact. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Digestive System belongs on the wall where that science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Digestive System?
- Circulatory System, Excretory System and Immune System sit alongside Digestive System in the 5th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Circulatory SystemExcretory SystemImmune System
- Is the Digestive System poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Digestive System downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 5th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Digestive System poster print at?
- Digestive System is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Digestive System loses nothing.Printing guide
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