The Tyrrells School
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Science - The Circulatory System
Lesson 1 - The Heart
As part of their learning in science, Year 6 have started to study the circulatory system. To begin the unit, we looked at the heart and recreated our own models! The jar and red water acted as the heart, the balloon was the heart wall and the straws acted as the artery (open) and valve (sealed).
See the information below to find out what we did!
Jar Heart
Lesson 2 - Pulse
We looked back at how pulse rate was measured many years ago and learned all about a scientist called Santorio Santorio. He was a 17th century physician and inventor who is best known for his development of the pulsilgium, a device used to measure pulse rate. It was developed using a pendulum. We had a go at creating and adjusting our own pendulums to measure pulse rate.
Lesson 3 - Components of Blood
This week we looked at the components of blood.
The liquid part of the blood contains water and protein. The is called plasma!
Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body.
White blood cells fight infection when you are sick.
Platelets help stop you bleeding when you get hurt (clotting).
We then made blood using everyday objects to represent the components. See some pictures and instructions below!
