Lesson Planning

Teaching

Activities

  1. Dramatise the circulatory system explaining how it works and the role blood has within this (Yr5&6)
  2. Investigate diffusion and osmosis (Yr5&6)
  3. Explain how nutrients and water are transported through the body (Yr5&6)


Investigation
Transport Systems. Have you even wondered what your blood gets up to inside your body? Here is your chance to join your platelets on their journey around your body. Share your discoveries in the form of a dramatic re-enactment. Explore how nutrients and water are transported throughout your body in your blood and the processes used to pass in and out of your blood through capillary walls. (Problem solving, Exploring, Fair testing, Observing over time, Analysing secondary sources, Pattern seeking)
Years 5&6 - Dramatise the circulatory system explaining how it works and the role blood has within this
Years 5&6 - Investigate diffusion and osmosis
Years 5&6 - Explain how nutrients and water are transported through the body


Vocabulary
Circulatory system, heart, blood, blood vessels, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, water, pump