GRADE 7 - Lesson Title: Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems
Textbook and Chapter: Blue Textbook Chapter 8
Objectives
- Compare and contrast arteries, veins, and capillaries.
- Explain how blood moves through the heart.
- Identify the functions of the pulmonary and systemic circulation systems.
- Describe the functions of the lymphatic system.
- Identify where lymph comes from.
- Explain how lymph organs help fight infections.
Set, Hook, Focus
How is the interstate system in the US related to your circulatory system?
Learning Tasks
Content delivery will be via key notes slide show, with students utilizing note taking worksheets. Cooperative learning will be an integral part of the learning process (Think, write, pair, share).
- Section 1: Define all vocabulary words in Chapter 8; Label parts of heart; Mini-Lab try at Home - Inferring how hard the heart works - Text Page 231; Text Page 236 - NGEO Visualizing Atherosclerosis; Res Page 19 - Overview; Res Page 27 - The Circulatory System
- Section 3 - Text Page 250 - TIME Science and History - Have a Heart; Res Page 29 - The lymphatic system;
Evaluation/Assessment
- Class discussions, assessment questioning.
Quadrant D/ Gold Seal Lessons
- 7th Grade will be taking field trip on Thursday to Shreveport for Project Linus and SciPort.
- Lab Activity - Text Page 239 - The Heart as a Pump