By Cindy
“Food Types and Digestion Pathways”
Objective:
Explore how different types of food go through different digestive pathways based on their composition and surface area.

Instructions:

Choose a Food Type: Pick a food (e.g., fruit, vegetables, proteins, grains).

Prepare the Food: Slice, chop, or mash to create different surface areas.

Add Enzymes: Choose the enzyme type best suited for that food.

Amylase (carbohydrates)

Protease (proteins)

Lipase (fats)

Observe how the enzymes break down food differently in various pathways (e.g., starch digestion with amylase, fat digestion with lipase).

Learning Goal:
Students will understand how different food types require different enzymatic pathways for digestion, and how surface area influences these processes