A Guided Tour through the Circulatory System
Your challenge is to construct an innovative travel guide to demonstrate your knowledge of the complex workings of
the circulatory system. You may wish to create a paper brochure or a multimedia presentation. Your work should be
colourful, interesting, and display your thorough knowledge of the system. You should use wording that is succinct.
For example, you could use bulleted points. Your guide should not just be a review, but rather should employ a
creative analogy or theme.
REQUIREMENTS
Your guide should have the following:
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Multiple Pages If you are creating a paper brochure, it should be large with multiple
pages that are folded or stapled together. If you are creating a multimedia
presentation, it should also have multiple slides.
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Visual Appeal It should be visually appealing and use a variety of colours, shapes,
and sizes.
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Routes It should include a variety of possible travel circuits through the body, starting
with the pulmonary circuit and ending with the systemic circuit.
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Accuracy The information must be accurate and illustrate the correct organs,
functions, pathways, and directions. Any questions and answers used must also be accurate.
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Referencing Any illustrations or sources of information used must be correctly referenced
POSSIBLE TOUR IDEAS
The following are possible tour ideas and analogies for your guide
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Eco/medical tourism—Visit the circulatory system, roadway to health!
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Miniaturization—Become miniaturized and take a voyage through the circulatory system!
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Athletic fitness—Along your route, make lifestyle choices to promote cardiovascular fitness!
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Transit system—Compare the circulatory system to subway, airline, or rapid transit routes.
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Cardiovascular disease diagnosis—Diagnose circulatory system disorders enroute through the system.
TOPICS TO INCLUDE
Your guide should include the following topics:
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Blood vessels, including the different types and the major vessels (e.g., arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and
veins) and the major vessels (e.g., aorta, superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, hepatic vein, etc.)
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The heart, including the structure and function
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Pathways in the circulatory system
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Electrical stimulation of the heart
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Blood pressure and velocity
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Blood composition
A Guided Tour through the Circulatory System Project Rubric
Criteria
Performance Indicators
Satisfactory
Good
3 marks
4 marks
Most key ideas and
Communication Simple ideas are
presented using multiple
supporting details are
Competencies
pages
or
slides.
The
presented using multiple
 format of the
finished product is
pages or slides. The
travel guide
visually appealing and
finished product is visually
uses some colours, shapes appealing and uses a variety
and/or sizes.
of colours, shapes and sizes.
 scientific
language and
symbols
Personal and
Social
Competencies
 responsible
behaviour and
actions
Individual
project
Thinking
Competencies
 critical
 creative
 reflective
Excellent
5 marks
All key ideas and supporting
details are well presented
using multiple pages or
slides. The finished product
is polished and professional.
The student demonstrates
basic communication of
information and ideas
through written language
and images. Some
scientific language and
drawings are present.
The student demonstrates
clear communication of
information and ideas
through written language
and images. The scientific
language and drawings are
effective.
The student effectively
demonstrates clear
communication of
information and ideas through
written language and images.
The scientific language and
drawings are effective and
relevant.
The student shows some
ability to set goals and
effectively manage
timelines.
The student’s decisions in
choosing tasks and
regulating progress are
usually appropriate.
The student makes thoughtful
decisions in setting goals and
monitoring progress.
The student needs support
to work individually.
Takes some of the
responsibility for his/her
learning.
The student often works
well individually. Takes
most of the responsibility
for his/her learning.
The student works well
individually and takes
complete ownership of
his/her learning.
Examination of the
circulatory system includes
most of the indicated
requirements and topics.
A clear examination of the
circulatory system includes
connection of all indicated
requirements and topics.
A thoughtful and clear
examination of the circulatory
system includes connection and
expansion of all indicated
requirements and topics.
An interesting theme or
analogy is used to adapt the
travel guide to the content.
The travel guide includes some
novel tour ideas. May use an
interesting point of view.
Reflection shows some
thought. Student is able to
ask what worked and did not
work.
Reflection shows thought and
learning. Student is able to ask
what worked and did not work
and self-corrects some aspects.
Makes connections to existing
knowledge.
Novel tour ideas, interpretations
and elaborations are
implemented in the travel guide.
Reflection shows clear thinking
and learning. Student selfcorrects what did not work.
Makes connections to and
extends existing knowledge.