| Respiration. Blood Circulation.
Digestion. The topics virtually cry out for a musical comedy! And that's why there's Bad
Wolf. Our Life Science show takes a wild tour of the important
structures in the human body. Students will explore the circulatory system; how
the lungs exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen; the steps of digestion, from teeth to colon
(now there's a catchy song title if there ever were one!); the functions of the kidneys
and bladder; the ways sugar is broken down to create energy; and the food chain (the
nature and role of plants, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores). Name That Internal
Organ! is a terrific compliment to your life science curriculum. Be the first on your
block to give it a try. CHARACTERS:
ANNOUNCERS (3)
BRAIN
KIDNEYS (2)
STOMACH
MOUTH
ESOPHAGUS
CELLS (2)
DUODENUM
JEJUNUM
ILEUM
LIVER
PANCREAS
GALLBLADDER
APPENDIX
HEART
RAGING HORMONE
LUNGS (2)
and a CHORUS composed of all students who are not playing roles on stage at the time.
(A large banner across the back of the stage reads: "Internal Organ Hall of
Fame." Or perhaps a backdrop portrays the front of an impressive building with
"Internal Organ Hall of Fame" written above. The CLASS (INTERNAL ORGANS) is
spread across the stage in a semi-circle facing the audience.
THREE ANNOUNCERS step forward holding microphones. ANNOUNCERS address audience as if on
camera.)
ANNOUNCER #1: Good afternoon [evening], ladies and gentlemen. We're here in front of
the world-famous Internal Organ Hall of Fame.
ANNOUNCER #2 (looking at CLASS): Wow! Look at all these internal organs.
ANNOUNCER #3: Each one of them is hoping that this will be the year it is inducted into
the Hall of Fame.
ANNOUNCER #1: (Points to LIVER) Is that the Liver over there? (LIVER waves)
ANNOUNCER #3 (also pointing): And there's the Gall Bladder. (GALL BLADDER gives the
"thumbs up")
ANNOUNCER #2 (looking): Has he grown a mustache?
ANNOUNCER #1: No, that's just a bile duct. The rules expressly forbid organs from
growing any facial hair. Now let's get this ceremony going. (to Organs) Are you ready?
CLASS (very loudly and together): We're ready!
ANNOUNCER #2: It's a big day for organs everywhere!
CLASS:
Song
1
No wonder we're excited
We're hoping we're invited
To the Internal Organ Hall of Fame
Each year we're all inspected
But just a few elected
To the Internal Organ Hall of Fame.
Internal, Internal, Internal Organ Hall of Fame.
We've waited and we've waited
To find out if we've made it
To the Internal Organ Hall of Fame
The judges now are saying
Which ones they'll be displaying
In the Internal Organ Hall of Fame.
Internal, Internal, Internal Organ Hall of Fame.
(The following 3 sections are rapped by different pairs of
actors. There is a pause between sections so different pairs can step forward.)
Hey there's a spleen
Look there he goes
I don''t even know
Why he bothered to show.
What I mean to say
Is if the spleen today
Goes ahead and wins
I'll be blown away.
'Cause the heart it beats for us
The lungs they breathe for us
But...I don't even know what the spleen does.
ENTIRE CLASS:
Right here within these portals
We honor the immortals
In the Internal Organ Hall of Fame
So come to our production
It's time for the induction
To the Internal Organ Hall of Fame
Internal, Internal, Internal Organ Hall of Fame
Internal, internal, Internal Organ Hall of Fame.
(ANNOUNCERS step forward)
ANNOUNCER #1: We've been told that this year there will be three new organs chosen for
the Hall of Fame.
ANNOUNCER #2: I've got my money on the Spleen.
ANNOUNCER #3: Which reminds me, ladies and gentlemen. This is an important but friendly
competition among distinguished internal organs: please, no wagering.
ANNOUNCER #1 (pointing): Here comes the Brain to announce the first inductee!
BRAIN (enters holding an envelope, addresses audience): Hello. I'm the Brain. On behalf
of the Nervous System, I'm honored to announce this year's first winner. Oh, and be sure
to visit the new exhibit in the Hall of Fame, entitled "Naughty Neurons: When Good
Cells Go Bad" Now, for the award. (opens envelope) The Hall of Fame is delighted to
invite these twin organs within its walls. Please join me in congratulating...the Kidneys!
(CLASS applauds. KIDNEYS enter, happy)
KIDNEY #1: This is so wonderful.
KIDNEY #2: All that work on our image really paid off.
ANNOUNCER #1: Excuse me. You worked on your image?
KIDNEY #1: Are you kidding? Do you know what we do all day?
ANNOUNCER #2: Sudoku?
KIDNEY #2: We filter out the blood.
ANNOUNCER #3: How do you do that?
KIDNEY #1: We collect wastes carried by the blood from the cells and then send them to
the bladder.
KIDNEY #2 (looking into the crowd of organs, signals): Yo, Bladder! Lookin' good!
KIDNEY #1: We also control the amount of water and salts in the body.
KIDNEY #2: But folks just remember the stuff about urination.
ANNOUNCER #2 (disgusted): Ooh! Ick! Yuck!
(pause, then to KIDNEY #2)
Sorry, nothing personal.
KIDNEY #2: See, that's what we mean.
KIDNEY #1: We needed some image management if we were ever going to make it into the
Hall of Fame.
KIDNEYS:
Song 2
People found it scary
When they heard "urinary"
We would never make it to the top.
So we knew to win it
We'd really have to spin it
Get a little magic PR pop!
Disposal Engineers
That is our new name
Disposal Engineers
We kidneys have no shame.
Disposal Engineers
Disposal Engineers
Disposal Engineers
We're in the Hall of Fame.
Don't say "urination"
We're now about "filtration"
Cleaning up the toxins in the blood
That's "waste elimination"
We're masters of "hydration"
All those fancy words are clear as mud.
KIDNEYS and CHORUS:
Disposal Engineers
That is our new name
Disposal Engineers
We kidneys have no shame
Disposal Engineers
Disposal Engineers
Disposal Engineers
We're in the Hall of Fame.
(KIDNEYS exit. The STOMACH, MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS enter.)
ESOPHAGUS: Hi. I'm the Esophagus. I'm that muscular tube that carries food from the
mouth to the stomach.
STOMACH: And I'm the Stomach. I'm a very elastic organ where food is stored until I
produce some powerful gastric juices to start digestion.
MOUTH: And I'm the mouth.
ESOPHAGUS (looks at MOUTH expectantly): Go on.
MOUTH: Huh?
STOMACH: Tell the nice folks here something about yourself.
MOUTH: Oh. Well, my favorite color is lemon yellow.
ESOPHAGUS: No. I mean about what you do.
MOUTH: I drool a lot.
STOMACH: Well, saliva is important. YOU are very important.
MOUTH: I am?
ESOPHAGUS: Sure. You're the entrance to the digestive system.
MOUTH: You're joking.
STOMACH: No. Really. You're the gateway to the gastrointestinal tract.
MOUTH: You're pulling my tongue.
ESOPHAGUS: Where do you think all that food goes that you chew up?
MOUTH: I don't know---Pittsburgh?
STOMACH: No! It heads right on down the alimentary canal.
MOUTH: Like in Venice?
ESOPHAGUS: The alimentary canal is a 30-foot tube in the body for digesting food.
MOUTH: 30 feet? I never realized I had so much back-up.
STOMACH: Rumor has it that one member of the digestive system will be chosen today for
the Hall of Fame. It could be one of us!
STOMACH, MOUTH, ESOPHAGUS:
30 feet of beauty
Song 3
Come and see
Each organ is a cutie
Just like me.
No wonder we are snooty
We're the best
30 feet of beauty
Let's digest!
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na.
30 feet of beauty
Don't be scared
Send food down the chutee
We're prepared.
We all do our duty
We don't frown
30 feet of beauty
Going down!
Start with the mouth
Then head down south to the esophagus
The stomach's not far
Kind of a star to quite a lot of us.
Small intestine
Large intestine
The colon is so cool
We learned it all in alimentary school.
Alimentary, alimentary, alimentary school.
ALL THREE and CHORUS:
30 feet of beauty
Come and see
Each organ is a cutie
Just like me.
No wonder we are snooty
We're the best
30 feet of beauty
Let's digest!
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na.
Start with the mouth
Then head down south to the esophagus
The stomach's not far
Kind of a star to quite a lot of us.
Small intestine
Large intestine
The colon is so cool
We learned it all in alimentary school.
Alimentary, alimentary, alimentary school.
Alimentary, alimentary, alimentary school.
(STOMACH, MOUTH, and ESOPHAGUS exit. ANNOUNCERS enter.)
ANNOUNCER #1: Now it's time for our second induction.
ANNOUNCER #2: I'm still rooting for the Spleen.
ANNOUNCER #3: You're not supposed to take sides.
ANNOUNCER #2: What do you have against lymphatic organs?
ANNOUNCER #3: I don't have ANYTHING against them.
ANNOUNCER #2: Oh no? Then where are your tonsils?
ANNOUNCER #3: My tonsils? They were taken out when I was five.
ANNOUNCER #2: Ah HAH!
ANNOUNCER #3: What do you mean by that? They were inflamed.
ANNOUNCER #2: Tonsil killer.
ANNOUNCER #1: Pay attention! It's time to announce the winning organ.
ANNOUNCER #2: Fine. (short pause, then quickly) I hope it's the Spleen.
(A CELL makes a loud entrance, helping a second CELL who can
barely walk)
CELL #2 (the weak one, moans): Glucose. Gloooooocose.
CELL #1: Excuse us. Can we have a little breathing room here?
ANNOUNCER #1: What's going on?
CELL #1: We're Cells.
ANNOUNCER #3: Cells? What are you doing here? This ceremony is for Organs.
CELL #1: What do you think organs are made of? Tissues, that's what. And tissues are
made of us. Cells. My buddy here ran out of fuel in all the excitement.
CELL #2 (desperate): I need some glucose. Quick.
CELL #1: We break down sugar into carbon dioxide and water‹it's how we obtain
energy. It's called respiration.
CELL #2 (moans): Sugar. Shooooooogar.
CELL #1 (to ANNOUNCERS): Well don't just stand there---go get us a glucose molecule!
(ANNOUNCERS race off)
CELLS:
Song 4
Sugar, sugar
I need some
My nucleus is feeling numb.
Sugar, sugar
No delay I think I'm losing DNA.
Sugar, sugar
Don't be cruel
I break it down to use as fuel
Sugar, sugar
Don't be hard
I'm feelin' faint I need some carbs!
Ooooh I got a spasm
In my cytoplasm
My metabolism quit
I have got a glucose deficit---I'm gonna split!
Sugar, sugar
Please don't hide
I need that monosaccharide
Sugar, sugar
I am parched
Don't give me water I need starch!
Sugar, sugar
I need some
My nucleus is feeling numb.
Sugar, sugar
No delay
I think I'm losing DNA.
CELLS and CHORUS:
Ooooh I got a spasm
In my cytoplasm
My metabolism quit
I have got a glucose deficit---I'm gonna split!
Sugar, sugar
Don't be cruel
I break it down to use as fuel
Sugar, sugar
Don't be hard
I'm feelin' faint I need some carbs!
(CELLS hobble off. The BRAIN enters, holding envelope.)
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| Vocabulary
Terms from Name That Internal Organ! |
liver
brain
filtration
waste elimination
gastro-intestinal tract
alimentary canal
lymphatic organs
tissues
cytoplasm
monosaccharide
enzymes
endocrine system
bile
pancreatic juice
cholesterol
gall bladder
kidneys
toxins
stomach
gastric juices
cells
colon
respiration
DNA
duodenum
cellulose
nutrients
hormones |
glands
veins
bile duct
bladder
hydration
mouth
small intestine
neurons
tonsils
nucleus
carbs
jejunum
appendix
valves
oxygen
steroids
exchanging gases
spleen
urination
saliva
esophagus
large intestine
nervous system
glucose
carbon dioxide (CO2)
metabolism
ileum
pancreas
hemoglobin
cardiovascular system
arteries
thoracic |
General Vocabulary Building (words and phrases) inflamed
inducted/induction/inductee
Sudoku
intestinal fortitude
Venice
aerobics
brown
multimedia
portals
lasses
PR
spasm
wagering
image management
rational
"gets my goat"
"lot of gall" |
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