Digestive System

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIGITAL VIDEO PROJECT GUIDELINES
Overview: Over the next few weeks you will be working with several of your peers to create and deliver a TV production that will inform the public about the digestive process and how three nutrient groups are processed by this important system.
Goals: Our goals for this project are the following:
• To learn the essential information about the digestive process
• To continue to refine our research skills
• To develop our cooperative and collaborative skills
• To utilize the digital-video process as an effective communication tool
Process:
o As a class understand what we are trying to accomplish
o Form dedicated and industrious work group
o Research the description and function of the essential structures of the digestive system
o Research the digestive process for the nutrient groups involved (protein, carbohydrate, fat)
o Create a storyboard for your digital-video presentation
o Create a written script for each storyboard segment
o Practice and rehearse the presentation
o Video and Edit the presentation
o Self-evaluate your presentation
o Peer-evaluate others’ presentations
o Keep a detailed DAILY WORK LOG of what your group accomplishes with reflections
Essential Questions to be Answered:
o What are the description and function for each structure you research?
o What happens to the food as it either passes through or is affected by the structures you research? What types of digestion take place?
o How, specifically, do the structures you research affect the three nutrients?
o Why is what this structure does important in the digestive process? Can you live without this structure?
Essential Digestive Structures:
Teeth Pharynx Taste buds & Salivary Glands Uvula
Epiglottis Esophagus Lower Esophageal Sphincter Stomach & Pyloric Sphincter
Small Intestine Liver Gall Bladder Pancreas
Large Intestine Appendix Rectum Anus
Foods to follow: Chicken (protein) Carbohydrate (baked potato) Fiber & Fat (broccoli & cheese)