Graham Cracker Data

What happens to a graham cracker as it passes through M’Kenna’s small intestine versus a healthy persons?  

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Analyzing Graham Cracker Data

Purpose

What happens to food in M'Kenna's small intestine?

We saw that M'Kenna's small intestine looked the most different from a healthy person's in the endoscopy results. Analyze and interpret the data here to see if we can figure out what happens to food at this location!

Identify & Interpret

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Interact with the data and answer the Qs to the best of your ability.

​We are using the I² strategy

Poll

(POLL): Which of these food molecules have you heard of before?

• fiber

• amino acids & Proteins

• complex carbohydrates

• fatty acids & fat

• glucose

Match

Match the following FOODS to their CATEGORY

PROTEINS

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

FATS

GRAINS

DAIRY

• PROTEINS

• FRUITS & VEGETABLES

• FATS

• GRAINS

• DAIRY

Match

Match the following FOOD NUTRIENTS to their job

• PROTEINS

• FRUITS & VEGETABLES

• FIBER

• CARBS

• DAIRY PRODUCTS

provide materials for growth & repair

provide vitamins & minerals

helps us remove waste from the body

provide energy for the body

provide calcium for the body

• provide materials for growth & repair

• provide vitamins & minerals

• helps us remove waste from the body

• provide energy for the body

• provide calcium for the body

Take a minute to just LOOK at the data

Match

What do the colors & bars mean?

• GREEN bars

• ORANGE bars

• Size of Bar

Food in a Healthy Person

Food in M'Kenna

How much of that food molecule

• Food in a Healthy Person

• Food in M'Kenna

• How much of that food molecule

Multiple Select

Which food nutrient(s) are highest in a graham cracker? CHOOSE 2.

• water

• glucose

• complex carbohydrates

• fatty acids

Multiple Select

Which statement(s) is/are true about WATER?

• There is no difference in water between a healthy person and M'Kenna

• There is less water in the middle of the intestine vs at the beginning

• There is MORE water in the middle of the intestine vs at the beginning

• There is no difference in water in the middle of the intestine vs at the beginning

Multiple Choice

What happens to GLUCOSE over time (from beginning to middle of SI) in a HEALTHY person? (pay attention to GREEN BAR)

• It goes up.

• It goes down.

• It stays the same.

Poll

WHY do you think GLUCOSE does this? Where does the glucose go? This is a POLL.

• It evaporates.

• It gets absorbed out of the small intestine.

• It passes through as waste.

• It is vomited back up.

Dropdown

M'Kenna's GLUCOSE (from beginning to middle of small intestine) ​

Select answer

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Poll

In the middle small intestine of a HEALTHY person, several food molecules go to zero. Where do those food molecules go, do you think?

• in the walls of the small intestine

• to the blood stream

• they evaporate

• the food ingredients become other molecules

Multiple Choice

What did you notice about the FIBER bars (for both healthy people & M'Kenna)?

• Both bars stay the same throughout.

• Both bars increase during time.

• Both bars decrease over time.

Multiple Choice

Based on what you saw in the video, what does FIBER do in your body?

• gives immediate energy!

• it passes through and cleans you out!

• Gives you vitamins for growth

• gets stored in your body as energy for later

Open Ended

What questions do you have about this DATA?

Perhaps the glucose bar....? You must write one.