A SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 9

I. Objectives

1. Describe the basic function of the human heart and the parts of it;

2. Trace the route the blood takes through the heart and around the body; and

3. Explain how blood pumped by heart.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: The Human Heart

B. Reference: SCIENCE 9 (pg. 15-

C. Materials: PowerPoint Presentation and pictures presentation.

III. Procedure

A. Preliminary activities
1. Greetings
2. Prayer
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Checking of Assignment (What are the parts of the heart? And where are they
located)
5. Review of the Past Lesson

B. Motivation:

In a PowerPoint Presentation, the teacher will show a picture of a house. The students
will be given 3 minutes to think on how to draw the house using only one stroke. The
points will be added to the next activity.
C. Sharing of Lesson Objectives

1. Describe the basic function of the human heart and the parts of it;

2. Trace the route the blood takes through the heart and around the body; and

3. Explain how blood pumped by heart.

D. Presentation/Discussion

Do you know how big your heart is? Look at your fist. The heart is a hollow muscle,
which is just big as your fist.

Your heart’s main function is to move blood throughout your body. Your heart also
controls the rhythm and speed of your heart rate. It also maintains your blood pressure.

Heart chambers

Your heart is divided into four chambers. You have two chambers on the top (atrium, plural
atria) and two on the bottom (ventricles), one on each side of the heart.

1. Right atrium: Two large veins deliver oxygen-poor blood to your right atrium. The
superior vena cava carries blood from your upper body. The inferior vena cava brings
blood from the lower body. Then the right atrium pumps the blood to your right
ventricle.
2. Right ventricle: The lower right chamber pumps the oxygen-poor blood to
your lungs through the pulmonary artery. The lungs reload blood with oxygen.
3. Left atrium: After the lungs fill blood with oxygen, the pulmonary veins carry the blood
to the left atrium. This upper chamber pumps the blood to your left ventricle.
4. Left ventricle: The left ventricle is slightly larger than the right. It pumps oxygen-rich
blood to the rest of your body.
Heart valves

Your heart valves are like one-way doors between your heart chambers. They open and close to
allow blood to flow through the next chamber and close to prevent blood from flowing
backwards.

The atrioventricular (AV) valves open between your upper and lower heart chambers. They
include:

 Tricuspid valve: Door between your right atrium and right ventricle.
 Bicuspid valve: Door between your left atrium and left ventricle.

Semilunar (SL) valves open when blood flows out of your ventricles. They include:

 Aortic valve: Opens when blood flows out of your left ventricle to your aorta (artery that
carries oxygen-rich blood to your body).
 Pulmonary valve: Opens when blood flows from your right ventricle to your pulmonary
arteries (the only arteries that carry oxygen-poor blood to your lungs).

Blood vessels

Your heart pumps blood through three types of blood vessels:

 Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your body’s tissues. The exception is
your pulmonary arteries, which go to your lungs.
 Veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to your heart.
 Capillaries are small blood vessels where your body exchanges oxygen-rich and oxygen-
poor blood.

The heart is connected to the rest of the circulatory system through four major blood vessels.

 The aorta is the arched blood vessel at the top of the heart. It carries blood from the left
ventricle into the arteries that supply oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body.
 The vena cava are a pair of large blood vessels vertically oriented on the right side of the
heart. They collect deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body and transport it into
the right atrium.
 The pulmonary arteries are a T-shaped set of blood vessels near the front of the heart.
They carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
 The pulmonary veins are a set of small blood vessels toward the rear of the heart. They
carry oxygenated blood from the lungs into the left atrium.
E. Generalization:

The heart is a hollow muscular organ, about size of your fist, which is located in the
center of your chest between the lungs. It is a double pump on the left and right sides. Every
side is divided into two chambers, the atrium and the ventricle, each of which has left and right
portion, totaling to four chambers altogether. The top chamber is the atrium (plural: atria). The
bottom chamber is called ventricle. The valve acts as one-way door, allowing blood to flow
either forward into the next chamber, or out of the heart.

F. Application (Activity):

Materials:

 Small Jar
 2 Bendy Straws
 Balloons
 Tape/Glue
 Water
 Toothpick

The Set Up:

Fill your jar or glass halfway with water.

Take your balloon and cut the neck of it off. Take that top part, stretch it out a bit, and put it
over the top of the jar so it is taut. Save the neck part as well.

Take a sharp toothpick and poke a hole in the top of the balloon once towards one side of the
jar. Make a second hole about an inch away from the first.

Take your straws and push one through each hole with the bendy part sticking out the top. You
might have to push hard, but they should pop through.

Take the neck of the balloon that you set aside and use it to cover the opening of one straw
sticking out of the cup.

Your pumping heart model is ready to get that blood flowing!

Guide Questions

1. What does the water inside the jar represent?

2. How does the heart function as a pump?
3. Will the heart model ne able to function properly if the straw is blocked?

IV. Assignment:

Explain the negative effects of cigarette smoking on the circulatory and respiratory
system.

PREPARED BY: RAMOS, BEN ISRAEL