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Ivy Waters International Standards · G7.S-01

Nutritional Physiology & Enzyme Digestion

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G7.S-01Ages 12–13 · Grade 7 · Science

Nutritional Physiology & Enzyme Digestion

Integrated Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

Your child can chart how food moves through the human digestive tract, tracking mechanical versus chemical breakdown of macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins).

In real life

Chewing a plain cracker until it turns sweet, your child explains that the enzyme in saliva is already breaking the starch into sugar. They can trace tonight's dinner through every stage of the digestive tract.

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