Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Explore the structure and function of the human heart.
- Investigate and understand that heart size and speed relates to age, fitness and activity and can be improved.
- Use a range of techniques to create an anatomically accurate clay heart sculpture.
Activities
- Explore the structure and function of the human heart.
- Create anatomically correct sculptures of a heart.
- Investigate and recreate heartrates for varying levels of exertion, giving explanations for observations.
Investigation - observing over time, fair testing, exploring, pattern seeking, analysing secondary sources
Heart rates and physical exertion - a dramatic representation.
Circulatory system sculptures.
Heartbeat sound installation.
Vocabulary
Circulatory system, heart, blood, blood vessels, pumps, oxygen, lungs, nutrients, water, exercise, diet