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Prior Knowledge
Prior Knowledge
Students are familiar with the structure and function of the heart but it is unlikely that they have experienced a heart dissection.
Students may be aware of some aspects associated with heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
Learning Intentions
Learning Intentions
In this lesson, you will:
- Revise keywords associated with the circulatory system.
- Dissect, display and label a mammalian heart.
- Research heart diseases, heart attacks and strokes.
- Reflect on your learning via student reflection task.
Lesson Recap
Lesson Recap
In the previous lesson, we explored the the structure and function of the heart:
- Can you describe the structure of the heart?
- Can you explain how the heart functions?
- Can you create a pathway showing the blood flow throughout the human body?
If you answered "YES", you are ready for Lesson 3 - Exploring the Heart!
If not, you can always recap over Lesson 2.
Keywords
Keywords
Dissection Heart Disease Heart Attack Stroke
Dissection Heart Disease Heart Attack Stroke
Task 1: Recap Quiz
Task 1: Recap Quiz
Play this interactive quiz by clicking on the "Play" button.
You can also explore additional flashcards by clicking on the "Flashcards" button.
Task 2: Heart Dissection
Task 2: Heart Dissection
For this task, you will work in groups to dissect and label the parts of the heart.
Please listen to your teacher and abide by all health and safety rules when undertaking this task.
Listen carefully to the guidelines in this video to help learn how to dissect a heart!
The document below is a guideline to help with this dissection (provided by Grafton Public Schools). There is also additional exercises to explore as you dissect the heart!
LAB_Heart_Dissection.pdfLabel the dissected heart using pins (or other materials) and take a photo of the heart.
Upload the photo to Google Classroom under Task 2.
Task 3: Research & Summarise
Task 3: Research & Summarise
Heart Disease, Heart Attacks & Strokes
Heart Disease, Heart Attacks & Strokes
"Every day, hundreds of Irish people are diagnosed with heart disease"
- Irish Heart Foundation
What happens during a heart attack?
What are the symptoms of a heart attack?
"Each year, approximately 10,000 Irish people have a stroke and around 2,000 die - more deaths than breast cancer, prostate cancer and bowel cancer combined!"
- Irish Heart Foundation
For this task, we are going to summarise our learning of heart disease, heart attacks and strokes by using the graphic organiser below.
- You can work in small groups for this task.
- You can draw the template into your copies, or access via Google Classroom under Task 3
Homework Task: Reflection
Homework Task: Reflection
Your homework task is to reflect on your learning from this lesson.
- You can write out the questions into your copies or complete the document attached.
- Please upload to Google Classroom via Homework Task, either by a photo of your completed work or typed document.
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