Background Information:
- Both circulatory and respiratory systems work together getting oxygen to tissues and getting carbon dioxide out
- The respiratory system is involved in supplying oxygen to the blood and removing carbon dioxide
- When the heart receives blood that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide, it pumps it to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries
- When the lungs expand and get fresh air from the environment, oxygen is transferred (via the alveoli) into the low-oxygen blood, which also then sends some of its carbon dioxide back into the lungs
- Now that this blood has fresh oxygen in it, it returns to the heart and the heart then pumps it throughout the body.
Lesson Outline:
Hook:
Discussion on importance of the interaction of circulatory and respiratory systems after watching following audio skit video. This will be assessment FOR learning. It will provide opportunity to assess students' prior knowledge.
Action: After watching "Blood Circulation" animation, students participate in physiology of circulatory system lab. As this is a group investigation, it will be an assessment OF learning. It will be a summative task.
Debrief: Following online quiz on pulmonary and systemic circuits will be a formative assessment. It will be assessment AS learning.
Discussion on importance of the interaction of circulatory and respiratory systems after watching following audio skit video. This will be assessment FOR learning. It will provide opportunity to assess students' prior knowledge.
Action: After watching "Blood Circulation" animation, students participate in physiology of circulatory system lab. As this is a group investigation, it will be an assessment OF learning. It will be a summative task.
- Blood Circulation – Interactive animation of circulatory and respiratory systems
- Physiology of Circulatory System Lab
Debrief: Following online quiz on pulmonary and systemic circuits will be a formative assessment. It will be assessment AS learning.
Additional Resources:
- Interaction of Circulatory and Respiratory Systems (Animation)
- Crash Course
- Interaction of circulatory and respiratory systems - connections with the real world
- Journey of Air in Human Body -Respiration in human - Cartoon Video
- So Many Systems - Human Body Systems Rap
- Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Rap