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Unit:
Inflamm-O-Wars: Silent Battles within Your Cardiovascular System
Topic: Cardiovascular System
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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
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Unit Objectives
Students will be able to:
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examine the structure and function of the human heart and blood vessel
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compare and contrast the capacity of cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle kinesthetically
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explore the concept of blood pressure
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measure how changes in force may affect the amount of extension (stretch) in an elastic body
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apply the principle of elasticity to human blood vessels
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analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the heart model and blood vessel model
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calculate and graph the velocity of blood flow
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compare the velocity of blood flow in a healthy blood vessel vs. a blood vessel with a stenosis
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predict what effect a stenosis has on blood vessels and the body over time
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infer the effects of atherosclerosis on blood flow
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analyze the effect of changes in pressure and volume on compliance
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infer what happens to blood pressure when blood vessels are not compliant
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identify risk factors for developing atherosclerosis
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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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