The Heart
Added: 06 Feb 2019
Contributor:
Aoife McDonnell
Resource type:
PowerPoint presentation with lesson activities on the structure and function of the heart, measuring your heart rate and the modern diagnostic techniques used by doctors in detecting heart conditions. By the end of this double class lesson, students should be able to describe the structure and function of the heart, explain the role of the heart and blood vessels in the circulatory system and appreciate the role of science in society.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- Science
Strand: 5. Biological Science
Strand unit: 4. Human Organs & Systems
Suggestions for use: Use the presentation to guide the lesson through the lesson activities mentioned within.
Key Skills:
- Communicating
- Managing Information and Thinking
- Literacy
- Managing Myself
- 5-6
- SESE Science
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Human Life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- Human life processes
- develop a simple understanding of the structure of some of the body's major internal and external organs
