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How Digestion Works
The Human Body · Science lesson + escape room

How Digestion Works

Follow your food on its journey through the body, fix the stations and find the final code. Free to play!

  • Ages: Years 4–6
  • Languages: English and Swedish
  • Time: About 35 minutes of play, 16 science questions

What pupils learn

  • Mission briefing: follow the food
  • The mouth: teeth and saliva start the journey
  • The oesophagus moves food on
  • The stomach mixes and breaks food down
  • The small intestine: nutrients enter the blood
  • The large intestine saves the water
  • The final stop: rectum and anus
  • All the organs work together

The 4 escape doors

After the lesson, teams unlock four doors by solving science puzzles. Each door gives one part of the final code.

  • The Mouth Maze
  • The Stomach Laboratory
  • The Water Recovery Station
  • The Final Body Vault

How a lesson runs

  1. Learn: pupils explore the topic on screen, step by step, with pictures.
  2. Escape: teams answer science questions to open 4 doors and crack the final code.
  3. Print: the Mission Dossier, learning notes and decoder cards work with or without screens.

In every pack

  • Interactive web lesson and escape room
  • 10-page printable Mission Dossier
  • Learning notes for pupils
  • Teacher guide with answers
  • Decoder cards
  • Every page in English and Swedish
  • Works for teams or on your own

This lesson is free

Play the full web game as often as you like and download the whole printable pack. No account, no payment.

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