Nutirition Lesson 1 What foods help you stay healthy? Food gives you energy to work, play, and grow. You need to eat the proper foods to be helathy. Lesson 2 Experiment-Which foods will leave a greasy spot? Food samples can be tested for fat content. Predictions can be proved or not proved based on observation and collection of data. Lesson 3 What happens when you chew? The process of digestion begins in the mouth. The teeth and tongue break down and mix the food, and the saliva makes the food wet. Lesson 4 How is food digested? The digestive system includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Food must be digested so that nutrients can be used by the body for growth and repair. Vocabulary- Food Guide Pyramid, digestion, esophagus, small intestine, nutrients, large intestine