Poo transplants

Poo transplants

A poo transplant takes faeces from one person and puts it into another. Why? Scientists have learned that this can improve physical and mental health by changing a person's gut microbiome - the bacteria living in the intestines.

In this activity, students advise an obese friend whether a faecal transplant could help him lose weight. 

Poo transplants is designed to take around one lesson. It could be used at the end of a teaching sequence to practice higher-order thinking.

Blueprint curriculum links

  • Concept: Digestive system
  • Skill: Judge quality of a source
  • Learning stage: Analyse

    The resources are delivered as a zip file. After you checkout, you will be sent an email with the link to download them.

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    This activity is ideal for use with a scientist in the classroom, or online. We can help you set up a partnership - just complete the form (only open to UK schools).

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    Poo transplants is a resource developed for the CONNECT project.

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