YEAR 8 BIOLOGY

Topic: Respiration
Lesson No: 7 Title: Blood circulation

Learning Objectives:
Use role play to show the journey of oxygen from the lung to the cells
That the heart is a double pump
The importance of the heart muscle receiving an adequate blood supply.

Key Words:

Red blood cell, body cell, heart muscle, coronary artery.

Lesson plan Resources Worksheets/

Text refs
Starter ideas
Introduce the idea of the blood circulation Instruction sheet.
role play. Read through the instructions
with the class.

Main Large laminated sheet of the

Allocate jobs to the pupils and carry out heart, red and blue cards,
role play. cards on string to place
The incredible journey W/s. around neck for the air sacs
Model heart to show basic structure. The and body cells.
direction of blood flow and that it is a Heart model
double pump. Point out the coronary
arteries and their importance in
respiration in the heart muscle cells.
The incredible journey worksheet to
consolidate the role play or for hmwk. OHT The incredible journey
Plenary ideas
Respiration loop cards Laminated loop cards

Extension work: Coronary Heart Disease

Differentiation: Ask pupils to work out how glucose gets into the cells for respiration

Homework Tasks:
Who unravelled the mysteries of the circulation? W/s available. Could present their findings
next lesson.

Advice for non-specialists: Role play

8 pupils to be air sacs and 8 to be the various body cells. The rest need to be red blood cells.
Probably best to space them out so some are carrying red cards and are travelling though the
left side of the heart to the cells and others carry blue cards and are on their way back to the
air sacs. You will need to allocate a runner to collect the red cards from the cells and return
them to the air sacs for reuse and to take the blue cards from the air sacs to the cells. If you
are feeling ambitious try speeding up to show the effect of exercise on the circulation!

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