Digestive System Explained for Kids 🍎 | How Food Becomes Energy (Simple Animation) | STEM Learning — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello kids. Welcome to our channel. Are
2. 0:03you ready to become mini geniuses?
3. 0:07Have you ever wondered where your food
4. 0:08goes after you swallow it?
5. 0:11>> [music]
6. 0:11>> Well, today we're going to follow this
7. 0:13tiny broccoli on an amazing body
8. 0:16adventure to find out what really
9. 0:18happens [music] inside your body.
10. 0:20Are you ready?
11. 0:22Let's go. Ooh, the broccoli has just
12. 0:26entered [music]
13. 0:27the mouth cave.
14. 0:29Watch out for the giant chomping teeth.
15. 0:32Chomp. Chomp. Crunch.
16. 0:35Oh my goodness. The teeth are [music]
17. 0:37crushing the broccoli into tiny little
18. 0:39pieces.
19. 0:41Look. It's turning [music] into a soft
20. 0:44mushy blob.
21. 0:46But wait.
22. 0:48Where is [music] our broccoli going now?
23. 0:51Can you guess what happens next? Wee!
24. 0:54The broccoli is sliding [music] down a
25. 0:56long squishy tunnel.
26. 0:58This special food slide is called the
27. 1:00esophagus, also known as the food pipe.
28. 1:05The esophagus pushes food from your
29. 1:06mouth all the way down to your [music]
30. 1:08stomach.
31. 1:10Cool, right? Uh-oh.
32. 1:12Here comes the stomach factory.
33. 1:16Look, the stomach mixer is starting up.
34. 1:18Glorp. Splash. Squish.
35. 1:22What do you think the stomach is doing?
36. 1:23[music]
37. 1:24A, making shoes. B, sleeping. Or C,
38. 1:30mixing food.
39. 1:31>> [music]
40. 1:32>> Yes! It's mixing the food.
41. 1:34>> [applause]
42. 1:35>> The stomach churns and squishes the
43. 1:37broccoli with powerful digestive juices
44. 1:40until [music] it turns into a thick
45. 1:42soupy liquid.
46. 1:44Woah. That's [music] amazing.
47. 1:48But wait a second.
48. 1:49What happens to the broccoli juice
49. 1:51[music] now?
50. 1:52Where does it go next?
51. 1:54That's right. It travels into the small
52. 1:58intestine, [music]
53. 1:59the nutrient factory.
54. 2:02Woah, doesn't this place look like
55. 2:04[music] a giant twisty maze?
56. 2:07As the broccoli juice travels through
57. 2:09the maze, tiny parts inside the
58. 2:11intestine absorb [music]
59. 2:12all the important nutrients from the
60. 2:14food.
61. 2:16And guess what? Those nutrients travel
62. 2:18[music] through your blood to give your
63. 2:20whole body energy.
64. 2:22That's what helps [music] you run, jump,
65. 2:25think, play, and grow.
66. 2:28Pretty mind-blowing, huh?
67. 2:30But wait, [music] is the broccoli
68. 2:32adventure over yet?
69. 2:34Nope. Now, [music] the leftovers move
70. 2:37into the large intestine, the final stop
71. 2:40in [music] the digestion journey.
72. 2:43Here, your body absorbs extra [music]
73. 2:45water from the leftover food.
74. 2:47But can you guess what happens to the
75. 2:49waste that's left behind?
76. 2:52That becomes [music]
77. 2:53your poop.
78. 2:55Yep, the stuff you flush down the
79. 2:57toilet.
80. 2:59Your body is awesome. All right, little
81. 3:02geniuses, it's quiz time.
82. 3:07Question number one. [music]
83. 3:08Which body part is called the food pipe?
84. 3:12Is it A, the stomach,
85. 3:14>> [music]
86. 3:15>> B, the esophagus,
87. 3:17or C, the lungs?
88. 3:20Yes, the esophagus.
89. 3:23Question number two. [music]
90. 3:25What comes after the stomach?
91. 3:29Correct, the small intestine.
92. 3:32And final question. [music]
93. 3:34Can you name this body part?
94. 3:38>> [music]
95. 3:38>> It's your stomach.
96. 3:41Wow, amazing job, little geniuses. You
97. 3:45just became official digestive system
98. 3:47[music] explorers.
99. 3:49Stay tuned for more fun and interactive
100. 3:51body adventures.
101. 3:53Bye-bye.