Ch. 20: The Heart
Reading
Ch. 20
Topics
Structure & Function of the Human Heart
Sheep's Heart Dissection lab
A fun lab that perfectly illustrates the heart & circulatory system
Ch. 20
Topics
Structure & Function of the Human Heart
Sheep's Heart Dissection lab
A fun lab that perfectly illustrates the heart & circulatory system
Homework (see Canvas for due dates and instructions)
- End of Chapter Questions
- Heart Quiz
| 20._heart_quiz_blank.pdf |
Sheep's Heart Dissection lab
The lab report for the heart dissection involves taking *very good pictures* and then presenting them in an organized portfolio, with certain features identified with labels, boxes, and arrows. See the lab report instructions. Due date is on Canvas.
IMPORTANT: I WILL BRING THE HEARTS. YOU BRING THE FOLLOWING:
The lab report for the heart dissection involves taking *very good pictures* and then presenting them in an organized portfolio, with certain features identified with labels, boxes, and arrows. See the lab report instructions. Due date is on Canvas.
IMPORTANT: I WILL BRING THE HEARTS. YOU BRING THE FOLLOWING:
- A camera
- The lab handout below.
- The lab report instructions below.
| 4._heart_dissection_lab_report_instructions.docx |
| 4._heart_dissection_lab_handout.pdf |
Optional: "Heart & Circulatory System" presentation
Presentation topic: "The Heart and Circulatory System".
This is to be a 5-6 minute PowerPoint presentation which you will give at an upcoming class. You can use PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, and so on.
Your presentation should be suitable for a Biology class. Use correct Biology terms. Examples: you can make your presentation on things such as heart disease, pacemakers, artificial hearts, blood-borne infectious diseases (HIV, hepatitis B or C), how smoking and alcohol affect the heart, how SARS CoV-2 affects the heart and circulation, how the Covid-19 vaccines might affect the heart, recent developments in heart valves, how heart muscles work, the heart’s electrical system, cardiac tissue engineering, Sickle Cell Anemia, Leukemia, other diseases of the blood, new drugs or drugs under development, and so on.
Presentation topic: "The Heart and Circulatory System".
This is to be a 5-6 minute PowerPoint presentation which you will give at an upcoming class. You can use PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, and so on.
Your presentation should be suitable for a Biology class. Use correct Biology terms. Examples: you can make your presentation on things such as heart disease, pacemakers, artificial hearts, blood-borne infectious diseases (HIV, hepatitis B or C), how smoking and alcohol affect the heart, how SARS CoV-2 affects the heart and circulation, how the Covid-19 vaccines might affect the heart, recent developments in heart valves, how heart muscles work, the heart’s electrical system, cardiac tissue engineering, Sickle Cell Anemia, Leukemia, other diseases of the blood, new drugs or drugs under development, and so on.
| Heart & Circulatory System presentations - student examples |