Name _______________________________________
Period 3
4
6
Circulatory System Activities
1. As a class we will watch the following video From the Heart, and answer below questions: 3:14 minutes
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What structures make up the circulatory system in humans?
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What role does the heart play in the circulatory system?
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How does the heart's structure help it do its job?
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What role does each type of branching blood vessel -- artery, capillary, and vein -- serve?
 Artery
 Capillary
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Vein
2. Use the Map of the Human Heart and the diagram on the back of the page to complete this section. Upon
completion, you will have labeled the structures of the heart and the function of each structure. You will also
trace the pathway blood follows as it travels through the heart
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Click Launch
Click Track (you can select a heart rate, 72 – 74 is average)
Click Step Thu and immediately click the pause button in the picture (top left hand corner) so you are on
slide 1
o Read the information and reword on your heart diagram
Click on Anatomy and label structures of the heart where there are lines
Click on Facts and record, in your own words, the 2 facts you find the most interesting and why you
chose them.
o 1.
o 2.
3. Quia Game Activity - http://www.quia.com/rr/30450.html
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Answer questions on the circulatory system
If you get it correct you move on, if wrong you start all over again
What was your highest score? _____________________
4. Blood Cell Role Game
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In order to survive, every living cell in the body needs a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients and
needs to have wastes removed. In the Web activity Cellular Service follow a small sample of blood as it
travels throughout the body. The goal of the activity is to keep a few cells located in an extremity of the
body alive and healthy.
Label and describe what is happening at each structureof the heart.