Background Information:
- There are many different forms of heart disease
- The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart itself
- It's the major reason people have heart attacks
- Other kinds of heart problems may happen to the valves in the heart
- The heart may not pump well and cause heart failure
- Some people are born with heart disease
Heart Disease History
Lesson Outline:
Hook:
Action: Students learn about cardiovascular problems by doing a group activity based on following article. Students perform jigsaw activity using information on different kind of heart related diseases/disorders. Specifically students learn about coronary, valve diseases.
Following animation can be used to further enhance the understanding gained in the previous group activity or can also be used as an alternate lesson.
Debrief: Following is an online quiz to debrief this lesson. This will be an assessment AS learning. Students will get a chance to reflect on their own understanding.
- Discussion – Relationship of poor diet and poor physical activity with heart diseases
Action: Students learn about cardiovascular problems by doing a group activity based on following article. Students perform jigsaw activity using information on different kind of heart related diseases/disorders. Specifically students learn about coronary, valve diseases.
- Cardiovascular Diseases - Article
Following animation can be used to further enhance the understanding gained in the previous group activity or can also be used as an alternate lesson.
Debrief: Following is an online quiz to debrief this lesson. This will be an assessment AS learning. Students will get a chance to reflect on their own understanding.