1. The heart and circulatory system
Learning objectives:
Learning activities:
All must be able to identify the organs in the circulatory system. (Level 3)
Most should be able to describe the heart and the main blood vessels and their role. (Level 4-5)
Some could describe the role of the ‘double pump.’ (Level 6)
PowerPoint slides
Fill in the gap sheets
Labelling the heart
Heart dissection

2. ARTERIES
Carry blood away from the heart.
The blood in the arteries is under high pressure and so:
Arteries have thick outer walls
Arteries have thick layers of muscles and elastic fibres
VEINS
Carry blood to the heart.
The blood in the veins is under low pressure and so:
Veins have thin walls
Veins have thin layers of muscle and elastic fibres.

3. Unlike arteries, veins have one-way valves in them to keep the blood moving in the correct direction.

4. Blood that contains oxygen Mainly found in arteries
Oxygenated blood -
Blood that contains oxygen
Mainly found in arteries
Deoxygenated blood -
Blood that does not contain oxygen
Mainly found in veins

5. The heart is a muscular pump that keeps blood moving.

6. B) Pulmonary Artery (to the lungs) C) Aorta (to the body) Vena Cava
D) Pulmonary Vein
(from the lungs)
Vena Cava
(from the body)
E) Right Atrium
F) Left Atrium
G) Right Ventricle
H) Left Ventricle

7. TASK:
Complete worksheet titled ‘The heart and the circulatory system.’
Label the diagram of the heart

8. The heart is a DOUBLE PUMP:
1st - blood is pumped to the lungs & returns to the heart,
2nd - blood is pumped to respiring muscles & back to the heart again.
1. Deoxygenated blood is pumped from the heart to the lungs
2. The blood receives oxygen and is pumped back to the heart
4. The oxygen leaves the blood to be used for respiration in the body and the blood goes back to the heart
3. The oxygenated blood is then pumped to the rest of the body

9. Dissection