Mapquesting the Circulatory System

Hello Heart Fans!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to navigate the vessels of the body.

This will include dealing with high pressure situations, heart pounding activity, with a little breathing time in between. So, take a big breath and let's get physical!

1) Explore the Heart Resources

Get Body Smart Tutorials - Take Notes on the(be sure to watch animation!)

•      Take Quiz and Tutorials and write down answers on your paper.

http://getbodysmart.com/ap/circulatorysystem/vessels/menu/menu.html

Interactive Physiology

http://nedbook.adam.com/pages/IPWeb/systems/buildframes.html?cardio/vsslrevw/01

2)Watch Bill Nye's Heart Video as a summary of circulatory pathway.

3) Take Notes on these resources of blood flow. (ex) blood is pumped back into the pulmonary circuit for reoxygenation).

4) Create a Mapquest (Microsoft Word or Publisher  just like you would for road directions with important landmarks*.

* The only catch, these directions should include anatomical directional terms  such as inferior, superior, lateral, etc. indicating direction of blood circulation.