Unit: Inflamm-O-Wars: Silent Battles within Your Cardiovascular System

 

Topic: Cardiovascular System

 

Rationale: Students will explore structure and function of the cardiovascular system as well as the consequences of disease processes.

Keywords: acceleration, anatomy, aneurysm, arterial, arteries, artery, atherosclerosis, blood pressure, blood vessel, blood, cardiovascular, circulation, compliance, coronary artery, diameter, elasticity, extension, force, genetic, health choice, heart attack, heart model, heart, hooke's law, human body, inflammatory, length, lifestyle, limb loss, model, motion, muscle, observation, occlusion, organ damage, physics, pressure, pulmonary embolism, pump, risk factor, sequencing, speed, stenosis, strain, stretch, stroke, unit square grid, valve, velocity, vessel, volume

 

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Lessons & Activities | Objectives | Evaluation | Funding

 

Lesson 1: Historically Speaking: The Historical Perspective

Activity 1A: From Humors to Harvey to Henry: Cardiovascular Research Timeline Activity 1B: Historically Speaking: The Historical Perspective*Activity Suggestion*

Lesson 2: Delivering the Goods: Exploring the Job of Circulation

Activity 2A: Delivering the Goods: Exploring the Job of Circulation Reversing Rube Goldberg *Activity Suggestion* Activity 2B: Cardio Kickers & Heart Bodies: The Heart Model Activity 2C: “AV” Media Movers: PowerPoint or Photo Story on Circulation *Activity Suggestion*

Lesson 3: Tubular, Dude!: Exploring Blood Vessels

Activity 3A: Vessels by Design: Basic Vessel Anatomy Activity 3B: Snapback! Exploring Elasticity Lab Activity 3C: Am I Getting Anywhere?: Physics of Blood Flow

Lesson 4: Inflamm-O-Stories: Progression and Regression of Atherosclerosis

Activity 4B: Clumps and Bumps: A Look at Atherosclerosis Activity 4C: Dire Progress: Stages of Atherosclerosis Activity 4F: KaBlooie: When Aneurysms Erupt

Lesson 5: Risk Factors, Symptoms, Prevention

Activity 5A The Atherozone: What's the Risk? Activity 5B: Inflamm-O-Wars Game

Lesson 6: Inflamm-O-Wars: Let’s Talk! (Hosting a Socratic Conversation on Cardiovascular Risk Factors)

Activity 6A: Inflamm-O-Wars: Let’s Talk! (Hosting a Socratic Conversation on Cardiovascular Risk Factors)

Lesson Resource

PowerPoint: Dire Progress: Stages of Atherosclerosis (html version)                     (ppt version - 13 MB)

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Unit Objectives

Students will be able to:

• examine the structure and function of the human heart and blood vessel
  
• compare and contrast the capacity of cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle kinesthetically
  
• explore the concept of blood pressure
  

• measure how changes in force may affect the amount of extension (stretch) in an elastic body

• apply the principle of elasticity to human blood vessels

• analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the heart model and blood vessel model

• calculate and graph the velocity of blood flow

• compare the velocity of blood flow in a healthy blood vessel vs. a blood vessel with a stenosis

• predict what effect a stenosis has on blood vessels and the body over time

• infer the effects of atherosclerosis on blood flow

• analyze the effect of changes in pressure and volume on compliance

• infer what happens to blood pressure when blood vessels are not compliant

• identify risk factors for developing atherosclerosis

• iInvestigate the effect of health choices on the progression and regression of atherosclerosis

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Unit/Lesson Evaluation

 

Activity 1A: From Humors to Harvey to Henry: Cardiovascular Research Timeline Pre/Post Knowledge Test

Activity 1A: From Humors to Harvey to Henry: Cardiovascular Research Timeline Pre/Post Knowledge Test Answer Sheets & Key

 

Activity 3A: Vessels by Design Pre/Post Test

Activity 3A: Vessels by Design Pre/Post Test Answer Sheets & Key

 

Activity 4C: Dire Progress: Stages of Atherosclerosis Pre/Post Test

Activity 4C: Dire Progress: Stages of Atherosclerosis Pre/Post Test Answer Sheet & Key

 

Activity 5B: Inflamm-O-Wars Game Pre/Post Test

Activity 5B: Inflamm-O-Wars Game Pre/Post Test Answer Sheet & Key

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Funding

M.O.R.E. Curriculum Program Funding 2003-2008:
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Minority K-12 Initiative for Teachers and Students
Grant # R25 HL75777

 

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