Munching Your Food

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Materials Needed:
    Crackers

Procedure

Put the cracker in the front of your mouth and slowly start to chew. Continue chewing for as long as you can keep the cracker inside your mouth. Can you feel how the food has gotten smaller and smaller as it is moved towards the back of your mouth? The texture of the food has completely changed already and it is only at the first step of digestion. 

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