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Grade
9th - 12th
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Science
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Instructional Videos
Media Length
11:34
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The Circulatory System

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Compare a variety of animals' circulatory systems to the human circulatory system. Paul Andersen uses his SMART Board to show the differences between two, three, and four chamber hearts, focusing on the human heart. 

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Concepts

pulse rate, blood vessels, blood, red blood cells, white blood cells, heart attacks, the heart, capillaries, plasma, platelets, valves, veins, ventricles

Additional Tags

hemolymph, pulse, interstitial fluid, circulatory systems, heart chambers, atriums, valves, ventricles, pulmonary artery, blood vessels, capillaries, veins, plasma, platelets, red blood cells, white blood cells, cardiac cycle, diastole, systole, heart attack, coronary arteries, science

Classroom Considerations

  • At the very end of the movie, Andersen refers to the vessels that supply the heart with blood as carotid arteries, when he means coronary arteries

Pros

  • A great resource for a biology, anatomy, or physiology class
  • Thoroughly discusses blood vessels and blood components, as well as the cardiac cycle

Cons

  • None

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