Heart Skills and Analysis

Lesson Objectives

A.  Content Objective: Various factors can affect the functioning of the cardiovascular system.

B.  Language Objective: Create a table explaining William Harvey's work, the effects of occlusion and blood clots on coronary arteries, anorexia's affects on the heart and the use of artificial pacemakers.

C.  Syllabus Statements:​

• Use of artificial pacemakers to regulate the heart rate.

• Use of defibrillation to treat life-threatening cardiac conditions.

• William Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of the blood with the heart acting as the pump

• Causes and consequences of occlusion of the coronary arteries

• Causes and consequences of blood clot formation in coronary arteries 

• Breakdown of heart muscle due to anorexia

Activites

Activity 1  - Table of Skills and Applications

Please make a copy of this table

William Harvey - Resources

Video 1 - World Science Festival

Video 2 - Focuses on Willam Harvey's Heart Work

Reading - William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood

Reading - The Naked Scientists (don't worry they are not really naked)

Home Learning

A. Strengthen Your Skills

Websites: 

Occlusion of coronary arteries 

Arteriosclerosis - this leads to all kinds of problems

 B.  Expand Your Knowledge