BASIC EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR MINDANAO

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Competencies

Science, Year 2: Organ Systems

• Understand the interaction among cells, tissues, organs and systems in
maintaining the life of an organism
◦ Illustrate the coordinated functions of cells, tissues, and organ
systems in maintaining the life of plants, animals and human
beings
◦ Recognize the necessity of an organized system for proper
growth development and survival of organisms
• Understand the anatomy and physiology of plants
◦ Describe the parts and functions of the different organ systems
in plants
◦ Explain the requirements of plants for growth
• Understand the anatomy and physiology of humans
◦ Describe the parts and functions of the different organ systems
• Appreciate the technologies that help defective organ systems
function properly
◦ Identify the technologies that help the specific defective organ
functions properly

Objectives

• Identify the parts and functions of the circulatory system;

• Determine the pathway of blood through the heart and into the lungs
and back to heart again; and
• Identify technologies used to detect heart abnormalities.

Essential Concepts

• Circulatory system is one of the organ systems in the human body

which takes charge in the transport of oxygen and nutrients to the
organs and tissues throughout the body and carry waste products.
• It has three components: the heart, the blood, and the blood vessels.
• The heart is a hollow muscular organ, as big as a clinched fist located
right at the back of the breastbone between the lungs. It is divided
into four chambers: the right atrium, the right ventricle, the left
atrium, and the left ventricle.
• Blood consists of three kinds of cells: the red blood cell which carry
oygen, the white blood cell which fight diseases, and the platelets
which help in the clotting of blood. Plasma is a yellowish substance
consisting of water, salts, vitamins, minerals, hormones, dissolved
gases, and fats.

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• There are three types of blood vessels: the arteries which carry blood
away from the heart, the veins which carry blood towards the heart,
and the capillaries.

Organizational Strategies

• Prepare the materials needed for every activity.

• Prepare the classroom for group activities.
• Organize students for small group discussions.

Specific Vocabulary

• Carbon Dioxide - compound with molecules consisting of one carbon

atom bound to two oxygen atoms.
• Cardiac Muscle - specialized muscle of the heart.
• Circulation - movement in a cycle; specifically, movement of blood
throughout the body.
• Left Atrium - The upper left chamber of the heart
• Left Ventricle - the lower left chamber of the heart.
• Lungs - the organ of the body where blood cells become enriched with
oxygen.
• Oxygen - element essential for respiration.
• Pump - a machine or device for raising, compressing or transferring
fluids.
• Right Atrium - the upper right chamber of the heart.
• Right Ventricle - thelower right chamber of the heart.
• Valve - a membranous structure in a hollow organ or passag, as in an
artery or vein that folds or closes to prevent the return flow of the
body fluid passing through it.

Key Assessment Strategies

• Rubric
• Checklists
• Paper-Pencil Test
• Reflective Writing in L and column of the KWL Chart

Activities
1. KWL of the Circulatory System
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Observation and recall of information Body/Kinaesthetic

Understanding information Interpersonal

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2. Drawing in Circles
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Seeing patterns Body/Kinaesthetic

Understanding information Visual/Spatial

3. The Circulatory System Mind Map

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Understanding information Interpersonal

Use information Verbal/Linguistic

4. My Pumping Heart
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Grasp meaning Interpersonal

Understanding information Naturalist
Use information

5. Hearts' Labyrinth
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Order, group, infer causes Body/Kinaesthetic

Use information Interpersonal

6. Red Gold
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Understanding information Interpersonal

Visual/Spatial

7. Heartbeats
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Seeing patterns Body/Kinaesthetic

Understanding information Interpersonal
Use information

8. The Blood Highway

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Knowledge of major ideas Body/Kinaesthetic

Use information Interpersonal

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9. The Heart of the Matter

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Knowledge of major ideas Interpersonal

Understanding information

10. Where the Blood Flows

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Knowledge of major ideas Body/Kinaesthetic

Understanding information Interpersonal
Use information

11. A Hearty Activity

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Translate knowledge into new context Body/Kinaesthetic

Understanding information Interpersonal
Use old ideas to create new ones Verbal/Linguistic

12. The Circulatory System Rap

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Grasp meaning Musical/Rhythmic

Translate knowledge into new context Naturalist

13. A Heartfelt Journal

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Mastery of subject matter Intrapersonal

Understanding information

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