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Pbs Teachers:scientific American: Affairs of the Heart: Exploring Vessel Physics

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the relationship between pressure and vessel diameter and create a model that represents how elevated blood pressure may affect weakened vessels. Design and critique a repair device.
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Body Building: One Way Valves

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigate biotechnology design by creating a model of a one-way valve from plastic tubing. Describe the mechanical action of the valve.