Digestive System

Mouth

• This is where we ingest food (eat our food)
• We do this using our teeth: Canine, Incisors, Molar

• Canine teeth stab and rip food

• Incisors cut our food

• Our molar masticate (grind) the food

• The Salivary Glands release saliva into our mouth

• Saliva starts to break down sugars and lubricates the food

• This is a tube connecting the mouth to the stomach

• Food is pushed down to the stomach by the action of peristalsis

Stomach

• The stomach mixes food into a paste. 

• Some food is torn down in the stomach. 

• Stomach acid removes bacteria.

Duodenum

• This is the first part of the Small Intestine

• More chemicals are joined in from the Pancreas and Gall Bladder

Pancreas

• This adds a chemical into the duodenum to neutralize the stomach acid

• The Pancreas also adds more chemicals into the duodenum to break down food. 

Why do we have a mouth?

We have a mouth to ingest our food

What else do we do with our mouth?

We eat and our salivary glands help us break our food down

The Family Of Matariki

My research was about the family of Matariki














Matariki was actually named after the Mother star Matariki.

What I find interesting is that there are actually six sisters and
a mother not seven sisters.

I think my best features in this is my resilience even when
I wanted to give up I still completed my work and my research.

I want maybe a different subject maybe like weaving.


I would Like to thank my Social Studies teacher for the
opportunity to learn something like this it is a great opportunity
to learn about Maori Culture.