Circulatory System Unit

Description

Teach your students about the circulatory system using print, digital, and hands on activities to cover the function, parts, and how the cardiovascular system works. Students will learn different vocabulary terms, parts of the circulatory system, including blood, blood vessels, heart, and how and why the circulatory system works to keep our bodies healthy.

Students will learn:

• What the circulatory system is
• Parts of this human body system
  • Blood
  • Blood vessels
  • Heart

• How the cardiovascular system works

This circulatory body system unit includes:

• Teacher instructions and digital Google Slides links
• Vocabulary sheet to introduce and review important terms
  • arteries
  • veins
  • capillaries
  • plasma
  • red blood cells
  • white blood cells
  • platelets
  • atria
  • septum
  • valve
  • circulatory system

• Teacher presentation: 20 Google Slides introducing students to the circulatory system
• Student fill in notes: 5 printable student fill in the blank note sheets for students to use during the teacher presentation
• 10 pages of science worksheets to learn about each part of the cardiovascular system
  • blood
  • blood vessels
  • heart

• Digital version of the printable packet
• Hands-on activity to reinforce understanding of heart rate
• Demonstration to show a visual of blood
• 3 pages of graphic organizers (print and digital versions include scaffolded copies to allow for differentiation in the classroom)
• Digital and printable flipbook review activity
• Review activity
• Wanted poster project with print and digital options

How to use this circulatory system unit in your classroom:

• Vocabulary: Helps students to understand the content better. Preview the vocabulary so that students have an understanding of the terms before encountering them in the text
• WebQuest: Allow students to research to build background information about the circulatory system. Students can work independently or in groups.
• Science readings: Students will build on their understanding using the reading worksheets. These will detail the functions of each part of the cardiovascular body system.
• Graphic organizers: Summarize learning through the completion of the worksheets. Students can later use these as reference sheets to study for an assessment.
• Review activities: Allow students to reinforce their knowledge of the circulatory system.

Teacher feedback:

• I am so glad I came to this circulatory system resource! It’s hard to find material on the 4th-grade level. But, this was perfect, and I’m so glad I decided to purchase! Thank you!
• I am waiting to see how their posters turn out. We did the jelly bean experiment, and they loved it. Their flip books turned out great. So happy with this resource.
• My students loved it, and I loved how much information it gave them! Can’t wait to use it again!
• Great resource! Using this with 4th and 5th grade g/t and gearing up for our dissection of sheep hearts.

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