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Circulatory System WebQuest
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"It's
What Makes Your Blood
Go 'Round"
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INTRODUCTION
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"Take Care of Your Body, and Your Body will Take
Care of YOU!!!
The circulatory system is a very important system in our
bodies that makes it possible for us to live. In this exercise we are
going to have a heart-filled time exploring the circulatory system.
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TASK 
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| PUT YOUR IMAGINARY CAP ON!!! It
is time to play the role of the world famous "Dr. Blood." You
have a patient that is worried about his/her circulatory system. You, like
all doctors, have to answer all your patients questions in easy to understand
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THE PROCESS
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Simply:
- Break into groups (preferably pairs).
- As a team, look at the questions listed below.
- Click on the resource pages (words in blue) to help
you find the answers.
- You will use words, diagrams, pictures, charts or anything
else that helps you explain the answers.
- IF TIME PERMITS - after all the questions are
answered , you will act out a skit. One person will be the doctor and
one person will be the patient. The patient will ask the doctor the
questions, and the Doctor will answer them using what you learned from
the websites.
- BE CREATIVE and HAVE FUN!!!
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Answer the following questions
(these are what the "patient"
will ask the "Doctor.")
- What is the circulatory
system? (click
on the link to find the answer)
- What are the 3
basic
partsof the circulatory system? (scroll
up after clicking on link)
- What is another name for the circulatory
system?
- What is the size
of my heart (hint - trace one of your body parts)?
- What does my heart
do?
- What are some Fun
Facts about the heart ? (fill in the blanks):
 | A normal child's heart beat is _______ to _______beats in a minute. |
| Our heart is a muscle about the size of our _______. |
| Arteries carry blood _______ our heart. |
| Veins carry blood _______ our heart. |
| Your heart starts beating about _______ to _______ months before
you are born. |
| We take our pulse at our _______ or _______ |
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| EVALUATION |
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 | The questions that you answer will be handed in for
marks. |
| You will also get participation points for acting out
the skit, if time permits. You must have at least four "facts"
in your skit, that you have learned in this WebQuest. 2
marks for each fact= 8 marks |
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| CONCLUSION |
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The Circulatory System is very important. Without it we
would not be able to live. So we must "take care of our circulatory
system so it can take care of us." In order to look after our circulatory
system, we can exercise regularly, eat healthy, and stay away from drugs
and alcohol.
Show people you have a "BIG HEART"- be happy
and nice to everyone.
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| RESOURCES |
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- http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/cardio.htm
- http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000131.html
- http://www.bcpl.net/~carneyel/pe_heartfacts.htm
- http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_noSW.html
- http://hes.ucf.k12.pa.us/gclaypo/circulatorysys.html#Parts%20of%20the%20Circulatory%20System
- http://www.markanderson.ndirect.co.uk/heart.htm
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How important is the HEART???
Well, besides allowing us to live it is valuable in other ways. Our hearts
are very dear to us, as we use the HEART to describe many points of our
lives. For instance:
have a heart
- be merciful
change of heart - change your mind
to know something by heart - memorize something
broken heart - to lose love
heartfelt - deeply felt
have your heart in the right place - to be kind
cry your heart out - to grieve
heavy heart - sadness
have your heart set on - to want something badly
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