Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Students label heart parts.
Objective: To have the students analyze what they have just done, in order to reinforce their understanding of the pattern of circulation.
Activity: Give each student an unlabeled picture of the heart. Have them label the parts of the heart and the major vessels. Have them indicate the flow of blood using arrows. Using red and blue pencils, have them indicate where the blood is oxygenated, and where it is deoxygenated. Tell them to use their textbooks as a reference.
