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27 Spot’s Tummy Trouble

Rachel Cheung; Anne Freed; and Shelby Woodland

Spot’s Tummy Trouble

What are the bugs that live in your tummy and in the tummies of dogs? What do they do and what do they eat?

Student Learning objectives

You will be able to explain what the microbiome is and describe what the bugs in your gut do!

Lesson

Activities

Ask your teacher for a coloring sheet of Spot! Using the picture, draw in the bugs you think are in Spot’s tummy.

Assessment

It is time for the microbes to go to work! Match the image of the microbe to their job by dragging the image to box with that says what they do. You’ve got this!

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