HIMAMAYLAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Vasquez St., Himamaylan City

LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 9

Date: _____________
Topic: Pump It !
Content Standard:
The learners demonstrate an understanding of how the different structures of the
circulatory respiratory system work together to transport oxygen-rich blood and nutrients
to the different parts of the body.

Performance Standard:
The learners should be able to conduct an information dissemination activity on
effective ways of taking care of the respiratory system based on the data gathered from
school or local health workers.

Curriculum Guide Code: S9LT-la-b-26

Learning Competencies:
K Describe how the heart functions
S Manipulate the heart pump model to explain how blood is pumped by the heart.
A Learn to appreciate the functions of the heart.
Assessment:
Identification.
1. A hollow muscular organ, about the size of your fist.
2. Acts as one way door, allowing blood to flow either forward into the next chamber
3. The top chamber of the heart
4. The bottom chamber of the heart
5. The heart has how many pump/s?
Answers: 1. Heart 2. Valve 3. Atrium 4. Ventricle 5. Two

STRATEGIES SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL

MATERIALS
Pre-Activity
Checking of Attendance
Review:
1. What are the three major parts of the circulatory system?
2. Give the functions of the three major parts.
3. What are the three types of the blood vessel?
Motivation/Presentation:
Our heart is a hollow muscle. It contracts and relaxes. But do you
know how our heart works?
To have a better understanding of how your heart works, let’s do
the next simple activity.
Activity:
Activity 5 Paper strips, marker pen
Pump It ! Rope or ribbon, chalk

Analysis
1. What does the water inside the jar represent?
2. How will you compare the heart pump model to the human
heart?
3. How does the heart function as a pump?
4. Will the heart model be able to function properly if the straw is
blocked? Explain your answer

Abstraction
1. Describe and explain how the heart functions.
2. How blood is pumped by the heart?

Application
What do you think will happen if one part of the heart fails to
function?

Assignment
Research list of foods which are good for the heart.