Name The digestive system

Meet The Cast

Cast Of Characters
As food travels along the path to complete digestion, it comes into contact with a
diverse cast of characters (organs), each of whom plays an important part in completing The Small Intestine The Esophagus
digestion.
The Pharynx The Mouth
Directions: Cut out each filmstrip square. Read the information on each square; then
decide the order in which food meets the cast of characters as it flows through the The Large Intestine The Stomach
digestive system. Glue the strips in order by placing each strip on the bottom of the one
before it.

Name: Small Intestine

Stage Name: The Terminator
Name: Stomach
Stage Name: The Mixer

Produced By Ali Mentary
Job: Food Processor—I’m a J-shaped
bag that blends food together and
stores it for use by the body.
Hobbies: churning, mixing, and storing
Job: Quality Control Manager—I’m a
tube that breaks down food more
thoroughly. I pass on any food that
isn’t used to the large intestine.
Hobbies: digesting, absorbing, and
transporting
Name: Mouth
Stage Name: Jaws
Job: Mixer—I chew food up into
small pieces and mix it with liquid.
Hobbies: chewing, tearing, and
grinding

Glue Here Glue Here Glue Here Glue Here

Finally, any waste not used by

Name: Large Intestine the body exits the body through
Name: Pharynx
Stage Name: Big Snake the rectum.
Name: Esophagus Stage Name: Butch The
Job: Delivery Person—I’m a large
Stage Name: The Redneck Bully
tube that absorbs water and salt from
undigested food. I also get rid of all
Job: Traffic Director— I’m a muscular
tube that makes sure food gets from
Job: Mover—After the food has
been swallowed, I push it down into
The
the food the body can’t use.
Hobbies: collecting, absorbing, and
the mouth down to the stomach. the esophagus. End
Hobbies: squeezing, pushing, and Hobbies: moving and pushing things
discarding
swallowing

Glue Here Glue Here Glue Here Glue Here

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 Answer Key
The scenes in each student’s filmstrip should be pasted in the following order:
1. “Down The Food Tube”
2. Mouth
3. Pharynx
4. Esophagus
5. Stomach
6. Small Intestine
7. Large Intestine
8. “The End”