This goes with my "Learning Styles" Power Point. I begin the PP with our digestive system and then lead into our learning styles. It worked well. I used this presentation as a church leadership workshop.

1. I hear I forget - I see I remember - I do I understands
What are these pictures of? FOOD. Look at the delicious chocolate cake. Did you know
that when you look at food that your taste buds begin to secrete saliva? Why does this
happen? And what all is involved when I eat that delicious cake? How long does it stay in
my body after I eat it? How long are my intestines? Why is my liver and pancreas so
important? How much can my stomach hold? How many pints of saliva do we make a
day? Why do I burp? These are just a few questions I am going to be answering for you
in the next few days. I know school is almost over but we still have so much learning to
do. So today in Science we are going to learn about our digestive system. We are going to
learn about the main organs which are the esophagus (SHOW PICS ON TV OF EACH
ORGAN) (which is our first organ), stomach (2nd organ), small intestine (3rd organ), large
intestine (4th organ), and the rectum, learn how long they are, and their functions. I have
some questions on index cards. If I give you one, you and a partner need to be able to
answer the question when I finish reading about our digestive system. (HAND OUT
CARDS) I want you to write your answer on the card as soon as you hear the answer
(read)
The human digestive system is a sequence of organs that use mechanical and chemical
means to take in food, break it down, extract nutrients and energy, and eject waste
products in the form of urine and feces.
The mouth is the entrance to the human digestive system. The mouth is 3” in length.
Teeth gnash the food, breaking it down mechanically, while the three saliva glands
release enzymes, which break down starch and fat chemically. Saliva makes food easier
to swallow by moistening it, as well as preventing the erosion of tooth enamel by
modulating pH.
After entering the body at the back of the throat, food travels down the esophagus, being
transported not by gravity but by muscular contractions. This is why it is possible to eat
while hanging upside down. The interior of the esophagus is very moist, which helps to
further break down food and prevent damage to the rest of the digestive system.
After moving through the esophagus portion of the digestive system, food and drink
reaches the stomach, where it is further broken down into manageable pieces. Because
the nutrients in food are ultimately meant to be consumed by cells, they must be broken
into very small parcels for delivery. The primary agent of digestion in the stomach is
gastric juices. The stomach is about 8 “ in length.
After the stomach, the broken down food moves into the small intestine, the portion of
the digestive system where most of the nutrient extraction takes place. As the food moves
through the small intestine, it is mixed with bile, which is produced by the liver, as well
as the juices from the pancreas. These two liquids help further the digestive process,
breaking down the nutrients in food to the point where it can be absorbed by the blood.

2. The small intestine is 22 ft. long.
The liver produces yet another digestive juice-bile. The bile is stored between meals in
the gallbladder. At mealtime, it is squeezed out of the gallbladder into the bile ducts to
reach the intestine and mix with the fat in food. The bile acids dissolve the fat into the
watery contents of the intestine, much like detergents that dissolve grease from a frying
pan. After the fat is dissolved, it is digested by enzymes from the pancreas and the lining
of the intestine.
The final components of the digestive system are the large intestine or colon which is 5
ft. long, the rectum, the anus, and urinary tract, which separates the liquid matter from the
solid matter and send them to their respective exit ports. The large intestine absorbs water
and minerals from undigested food, known as fiber. The solid waste goes to the large
intestine. It also gets rid of all food the body can’t use.
STAND UP IF YOU WERE GIVEN A CARD
Read your question and your partner gives the answer
What two organs help the stomach process the food? (pancreas and liver)
What is the job of the stomach? (to break down food into smaller pieces)
What organ is used to store the waste? Large intestine
How long is our esophagus? 10”
What makes food easier to swallow? Saliva
Why is the esophagus moist? To help break down food and prevent damage to the rest of
our digestive system.
How many saliva glands do we have? 3
How long is our small intestine? 22 ft
Food travels down the esophagus through a _____________ contraction? muscluar
How long is our large intestine? 5 ft.
(normally I would have given a card to each pair but wasn’t sure how many would be in
here today)
I know this can be confusing so lets break it down into parts by watching a video called
Digestive System Animation
Then show Line Rider youtube
Then show Captain Lambchops
Show pics off of desktop of the organs
Have volunteers to come up and give them pics of the organs and they get in order of
how they work
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
I love to sing. Let’s sing s song about our digestive system. (play some of the School
House Rock) (bookmark)

3. Play some of Ron Brown (bookmark)
If our small intestine is 22 ft long and our large intestine is 5 ft. long, that is a lot of
organs mushed all together in our bodies. A total of 89 feet is coiled inside of a horse.
Can you really imagine how much that is? So let’s look and see how much is mushed
inside of us.
Let volunteers stand and hold my yarn.
The digestive system can be very complicated because it has so many jobs it does so we
can digest our food. We only talked about our main digestive organs today. Tomorrow,
we will go more in depth about our digestive system.
Okay. Now you back to the future to year 2009. I reached all learning styles through my
lesson today. There are 3 (4) learning styles that I represented in this small lesson about
the digestive system. People learn in one of three ways: auditorily, visually, or
kinesthetically/or tactile. If these learning styles are not reached, then the child is not
getting what he/she should under you, as the teacher. Have you ever noticed that for
some people to learn something, they have to read it out loud? After they’ve said and
heard the words, they understand it and will remember it. Others, though could read a
paragraph six times without learning anything; but if you gave them a project to work on
—they will never forget it. Why is it that some people need to hear things, while others
need to see them and some need to experience them?. These learning styles are part of
who you are. Learning styles are simply various ways of learning. Though most people
learn through a combination of these three, everyone has a preferred style. Let’s see how
you learn best. Most of the time we learn in all these ways but there is one way that
conquers the rest. (HAND OUT THE “LEARNING STYLES” CHART) Some use
different styles in different circumstances.
Communication research tells us that people tend to remember 20 percent of what
they hear, 30 percent of what they see, 50 percent of what they hear and see, and
80 percent of what they hear, see, and do.
There are a lot of online questionnaires to see which learning style you prefer.
The one I gave you was just a small reference. Make sure when you teach that
you focus on all learning styles so you reach everyone.
Is someone you know a little comedian, always on the latest knock-knock joke?
Do you hear her humming? Does it frustrate you when you are talking directly to
her/him and he/she doesn’t even glance your way? If you’ve answered yes to
some of these, chances are that he/she is an auditory learner.

4. Auditory learners seem to be better at lang. Arts (English and SS)
They learn best through hearing things.
Often talks to himself as he is tackling a new task
Has trouble with writing
Is very social
Asks lots of questions
Is noisier than most kids/adults
Likes to read to self out loud
Is not afraid to speak in class
Is good at explaining
Notices sound effects in movies
Reads slowly
Follows spoken directions
Can’t keep quiet for long periods
Enjoys acting
How to help an auditory learner: auditory weeknesses
Will need to hear directions several times to process it
Watching videos
They need to repeat the directions or story
Need a visual using pictures or charts
Listen to a tape of the story and follow along with their finger on the words
Does someone you know use his hands when he tells you about his day? Does
he remember faces, but not names? Is he artistic? Does he notice details?
Observant? Knows when things have been moved around? Puts his hands over
his ears when trying to concentrate if too much noise is around? Does he write
down things as a way to remember? Then he/she is a visual learner.
Those who learn through seeing things.
Visual learners tend to be better at math and science.
Need to look at the person he’s talking to in order to keep focused
Use his hands when he talks
Hold images in his head. A visual learner can literally see the passage from a
page in a book in his mind’s eye.
Is good at spelling but forgets names

5. Needs quiet study time
Has to think awhile before understanding a lecture
Is good at spelling
Likes color and fashion
Dreams in color
Understands/likes charts
Is good with sign lang.
How to help a visual learner: visual weaknesses:
When you can, write it down for her, or have her write it down—especially
directions.
Use illustrations, charts, diagrams, and slides to reinforce learning
Engage with face to face interaction
Give her colored markers and highlighters. If she writes letters in color, she is
more likely to visualize the words or story.
Provide a quiet place for her to read and study
Do not sit them close to a window where they can look out and be distracted
While you are telling a story, have them write down a key word to make sure they
are listening
Do you know someone who jumps right into an activity without thinking twice
about asking how to do it? Is he unusually coordinated? You can base these
characters when the child is still young because they will all act this way. Does
he touch, feel, and handle things? Show rather than tell? Likes to try things first.
They will not want to see a demonstration.
Kinesthetic or tactile learners often learn best in labs and hand-on events.
Is good at sports
Can’t sit still for long
Is not great at spelling
Does not have a great handwriting
Likes science labs
Studies with loud music on
Likes adventure books and movies
Likes role playing
Takes breaks when studying
Do not spend a lot of time reading
Lay on floor or bed to study
Is involved in martial arts, dance

6. Is fidgety during lectures
How to help a kinesthetic/tactile learner: kinestetic weaknesses:
Tell story while walking outside or moving around
Let her act out the story
Role playing
Memory games
Games that involve moving not sitting in a chair and having to be quiet
While you are telling a story, give them a picture card and when you say a word
(or pic word) they hold up their card
Doesn’t like videos
Do you know someone who doesn’t mind getting their hands dirty? Maybe loves jigsaw
puzzles? Talk using hand motions?
The tactile is almost joined with the kinesthetic learning. Both styles involve bodily
movement and are very similar but the tactile style is more moderate.They are usually in
the same category because they are active in some way. It involves the sense of touch,
and fine motor movements, rather than the large, whole-body movements through the
sense of touch and feeling, and generally has good eye-hand coordination. Tactile likes to
put models together and tear things apart and put them back together again to understand
how it works. Tactile learners have active hands. They fiddle with buttons and explore
objects.
They enjoy manipulatives
Finger paint
Art materials
Building projects
Hands on science experiments
Making their own books
Is fidgety during lectures
Gets bored easily
Needs to be touching something
Loves flash cards
Drawing
How to help a tactile learner: tactile weaknesses:
Need to have something in hand that represent the story while you tell the story
Like picture cards
When telling a story use sequence cards. When you are through telling the story,
let the child put the story in sequence. They need to use their hands.
Learns better sitting in a bean bag rather than a hard chair
Make lesson short then have an activity like role playing

7. They like to imitate
Doesn’t like videos
While telling story talk about how that person felt in the story (like emotions)
Loves games
Use gestures when giving explanation or directions
Have modeling clay and let them make a character from the story
Make sounds like the wind when you are telling the story or jump when you say the word
scared
When I taught, I made sure to reach all learning styles. It isn’t easy but can be done. It
just takes time and research. The internet has so much info on it. When I talking about the
Indians, we would do a rain dance, cook flap jacks, and make a word picture book. When
we talked about the colonial times, we would do their games, make homemade butter,
sing their songs, and listen to tapes from that time period. We would play games. I made
a lot of my games. If I taught adjectives, I would have them to come to the board circle
an adjective, listen to a tape that might have a lot of adj in it and they would have to write
down as many as they could from the song. When we talked about the Bosten Tea Party,
I would bring in cups, and tea bags and let them have tea (without sugar) because of the
Sugar Act.
So remember Auditory learners would prefer to hear a presentation or explain something,
and tend to have level eye movement
A visual learner learns by writing, visualizing and drawing images. May speak rapidly
and tend to look upwards when you do.
A kinestic learner tends to look down but is often a fidget, and appreciates regular breaks,
and maybe use hands while talking and move around as they talk or read.
Memory retention is rated at 75% when they practice by doing and 90%where they teach
and learn from one another. What does this mean? It means that you need to let your
adults/children interact in class. Answer questions on a card, ask one friend a question
about the subject and see if he/she can answer it.
we communicate 93% of the time non-verbally. (38% of the 93% is through our
tone of voice, and 55% of the 93% is through body language alone.) Think about
the significance of those percentages. We are communicating all the time even if
we aren't verbalizing. (A picture really is worth a thousand words.)