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What Poop and Urine Color Tells You

What Poop and Urine Color Tells You

Learning Objective

Students will learn about what poop and urine color tells you.

Words to Know

Bilirubin: A yellow-brown substance from broken-down red blood cells — makes poop brown!; Poop is brown because of bilirubin.
Dehydration: Not enough water — makes pee dark yellow!; Dark yellow pee means dehydration.
Kidneys: Two bean-shaped organs that filter blood and make pee!; Kidneys filter 180 quarts daily!
Feces: The science word for poop!; Doctors check feces for health.

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What does “Bilirubin” mean?

Lesson Info

Grade 2

2026-07-20

Standards Alignment

3-LS3-2
Use evidence to support the idea that traits can be influenced by the environment
Health education
body awareness, recognizing when to ask for help
CCSS
vocabulary acquisition (scientific terms)

Keywords

2nd grade sciencescience for kidspoopurinecolortellsbilirubindehydrationkidneysfeces3-LS3-2Health education

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