Introduction
♥️Welcome, explorers! Have you ever wondered how your heart works?!
♥️Through this activity you will discover the parts of the circulatory system and learn about the chambers of the heart, the blood vessels, and the components of blood.
♥️Are you ready to become a circulatory system expert?
Task
Get ready for an exciting mission, young scientists! Here’s what you’ll do:
🫀 Learn about the four chambers of the heart: The right atrium and ventricle, and the left atrium and ventricle.
🫀 Explore the different types of blood vessels: The arteries, veins, and capillaries.
🫀 Discover the components of blood: The red blood cell, white blood cell, platelets, and plasma.
🫀 Solve the short quiz provided: Test your knowledge and see how much you’ve learned.
🫀 Create a model of the circulatory system using materials from home: Be as creative as you like!
Process
✨Step 1
Recreate this simple diagram on your notebook
✨Step 2
- Watch this video of the different types of blood vessels!
- Note the different job of the artery, vein, and capillary.
Fill out the following table on your notebook
| Blood vessels | Arteries | Veins |
|---|---|---|
| Direction of Blood | ||
| Type of Blood |
✨ Step 3
- Visit this short website!
✨ Step 4
Now brave explorers for the exciting part!
You have to design a model for the circulatory system using material you have at home.
You may use Styrofoam, cardboard, clay, playdough, pipes for arteries, strings for veins, or buttons for blood cells: Be as creative as you can!
- The following are some examples:
Evaluation
| Criteria | Excellent (5 pts) | Good (4 pts) | Fair (3 pts) | Needs Improvement (2 pts) |
| Understood the circulatory system | Gained deep knowledge about the circulatory system parts, blood vessels, and blood components. | Gained partial knowledge. | Gained insufficient knowledge. | Little to no knowledge gained. |
|
Followed instructions |
Completed the requested tasks on their notebook. | Partially completed their tasks. | Insufficient work. | Did not perform the task. |
| Completed model | Model is unique, creative, and properly labelled. | Model is properly labelled, but not creative. | Model is not properly labelled. | Model is not complete. |
Conclusion
💗Well done explorers! You've successfully discovered the wonders of the circulatory system. It's time to take a small quiz to review everything you've learned!
Credits
References:
Blood cell Facts for Kids. (n.d.). https://kids.kiddle.co/Blood_cell#:~:text=There%20are%20three%20main%20…
QUIZ: Heart & Circulatory System (for kids). (n.d.). https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/csquiz.html
Your heart & circulatory system (for kids). (n.d.). https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/heart.html
Video References:
Little School. (2023, July 20). Circulatory System | Science for Kids [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1DYbsxPYrg
eMedTV. (2009, August 12). Types of blood vessels [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjNKbL_-cwA
Kansal Creation. (2023, December 23). Human Heart Working model/blood circulation system/Science project for exhibition/Kansal Creation [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJXhQiHCGsk
Pak Science Club. (2018, October 18). How to Make Working Model of Human Heart and Circulatory system for Science #projects [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLyUnZp-1Hc
BioMedical Art. (2019, July 21). How to make circulatory system model [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esivABF9Cfs
Image References:
(N.d.). https://img.freepik.com/premium-vector/human-heart-organ-cartoon-vector….
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(N.d.). https://cdn.britannica.com/06/92806-004-95B4D32F.jpg.
(N.d.). https://healthiack.com/wp-content/uploads/Pictures-of-Blood-cells-787.j….
Mental Health Good Job sticker by Ana Luciano - find & share on GIPHY. (n.d.). https://media3.giphy.com/media/hvLLg4whmqcA1XpwRj/source.gif