The human body: blood circulation

This WebQuest is used for developing knowledge about biology.

The following lesson is focused on the human body.

How does the human body work? 

The topic is blood circulation.

The task is created for the 7th-grade of elementary school.

Subject: Biology

Topic: Human body

Lesson: Blood circulation

How does the human body work?

Task: Try to explain the blood circulation.

First: students are divided into groups.

The teacher gives them instruction: watch the video and try to answer following question in the online form.

Competition: The first group which completes the answers correctly and will gain the bonus points.

Let´s start:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CUJ0bt2O89AQPBqEKsc53-xSKFJyBTsYOfrJKk…

Task1: Watch the videos and check the pictures, then fill in the online form on the page "task"

Task 2: After you filled in the form, create the circulation system. Work into groups. 

Instruction: choose one of your partner from the group. Then take the paper size of your chosen partner. Draw the circulation system and show to the others how does it work on your chosen partner from the group. Work in cooperation. 

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[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABTvNR59K5Q]

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEWjOCVEN7M]

Students will be evaluated in the groups.

Each group will try to do their work they best.

The first evaluation: The groups get points from the multiple-choice questionnaire.

The second evaluation: The groups get points from explanation how the blood circulation works through the drawn picture.

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Homework: watch this video and answer the questions below.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUtehbgbpRk]

1. Which of the following can best be compared to soldiers?

Lungs

Capillaries

Red blood cells

White blood cells

2. Which element in the blood is round and colourless?

Plasma

Platelets

Red blood cells

White blood cells

3. What would happen to people who have an open wound and whose blood did not clot naturally?

They may bleed to death.

Nothing. Clotting is not important.

They would have to take regular doses of plasma.

They would have to take regular doses of platelets.

 

4. What is the organ that pumps blood all throughout the human body?

The lungs

The heart

The kidneys

The blood vessels and capillaries