What Happens to a Hamburger?

I think this would be a cool book to read to a child interested in science or the human body. Each page describes the process of digesting food in very simple terms. Some of the pages even immerse the reader by getting them to do small experiments to get a physical representation of what digestion is.

Digestion is an interesting topic to teach little children. This book, WHAT HAPPENS TO A HAMBURGER?, provides a fun story intertwined with factual information about digestion. Kids will love the funny humor and great illustrations that this book contains. The use of diagrams and real-life pictures to depict different aspects of digestion gives readers a true look at this topic. While there are no access features in this book, it is organized like a fiction storybook, which is appealing to emerging readers. If a nonfiction book is needed for a unit on the human body or where food goes, this book would make a great statement in the classroom.

This book would be extremely difficult to read with students for several reasons. For one, it frequently prompts students to try something (in the narrative) that a child simply cannot do without a fair amount of preparations and adult supervision. For instance, how is a child expected to make a sugar-water solution for tasting without adult guidance and permission? Secondly, many of the illustrations take place inside a diner, with mostly pictures of really greasy or otherwise unhealthy foods like french fries next to the paragraph about "healthy foods help you grow stronger." While I like the idea of walking students through the digestive system by following the life cycle of a specific food, I would not recommend using this book to show more do so. show less

Summary:
What happens to a hamburger is about what food can do for your body. It talks about what happens to your food once you eat it. It talks about how foods are digested.

Personal Reaction:
I did not like this book at all. I felt like it is old and out dated. I do not think kids would enjoy this book.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. I would use this book in a unit about your body. I would read it and described to the class how your food is digested. I would have the students draw a picture of the food they like to eat
2.I would use this book in a unit about food. I would read the book and have the students write down different ways that they think food helps their body out.

How does your stomach digest food? This book gives an in depth look at how food goes through your system in simple language for a child to easily understand. In the classroom: Digesting process, how we get enery from food, research report

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