Class: Year 11 Biology

Time: 9:00-10.40am
Topic: Circulatory system
Date: 31/Aug/2015 Monday morning
Setting: 408 Lab
My Aim

This is session will consists many note taking parts for

students, Im aiming to incorporate some discussions,
activities and videos to keep students focus.

Essential
Question
Focus Questions/
Success Criteria

Understand:
-structural detail in our circulatory system
-composition of blood
-functions of blood cells (red, white and platelet)

AusVELS/

Unit1 AoS2:

VCE/VCAL

processing nutrients: features of effective systems in

heterotrophs; examples of systems in
different animals
distributing materials: features of effective transport
systems; examples of transport systems
in multicellular organisms

Assessment
Resources
/Sources
/Materials
/Equipment

Key Vocabulary

-Power point slide

-video- WBC attack pathogenic parasites
-Coloured pen
-butchers paper
-video circulatory system
Arteries, veins, capillaries, red blood cells, white blood
cells, plasma, platelets, close circulatory and open
circulatory systems

Special
Considerations

Time

Topic and activities

MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and
Practise
What will I do? (T) What will
students do? (SS)
Assessment Criteria:

Materials
required

Time
Allocatio
n

Assessment AS Learning

-Science joke on screen prior to the

start of class
- Formative assessment:
verbal discussion to assess
students prior understand on the
content of blood
Guided; how does blood feel?,
what is the colour of it?, what do
you think is the main component?

PPT slides
Video WBC
attacking
pathogenic
parasite

20 mins

PPT slides

25 mins

Butchers
paper
Coloured pen

45 mins

Video

5 mins

-multiple note-taking on the contents

of blood, with interesting facts &
videos in between (Plasma, RBC,
WBC and Platelets)
-Form discussion around how blood
travels around the body (differences
in thickness, presence of valves)
-Another note-taking session, on the
different vessels (arteries, veins and
capillaries) & difference in open &
close circulatory
-Get students to stand up and line
themselves in order of their birth
dates (from Jan to Dec)
-Group them in pairs
-Ask students to compose a poster
linking the heart and circulatory
system together.
Video- Circulatory system