LESSON EXEMPLAR

TOPIC/TITLE How the

Lungs, Heart
and
Circulatory
System
Work
Together
GRADE LEVEL Science 9
TIME ALLOTMENT 120 Minutes
LEARNING COMPETENCIES/OBJECTIVES
At the end of the cycle, the students should be able to
 Describe how the heart functions
 Explain how blood is pumped by the heart.
 Explore the structure and function of the heart and blood
vessels.
ELICIT (10 minutes) MATERIALS
Show to the class a sponge soaked in a glass jar of water  A glass jar
with soap… As I grip the sponge, observe what happen to the with water
water inside the jar… As I release the sponge, observe what and soap
happen to the water inside the jar…  sponge
ENGAGE (10 minutes)
The students will watch a video clips showing how the heart Video
works… TV set
Q: How does the heart pumps blood? Observe closely as laptop
to what happen to the blood as the heart squeeze-in and
release voluntarily…

EXPLORE (30 minutes)

 Divide the class into five groups. Activity
 Let students draw figures of the major divisions of the notebook
human heart and identify its detailed parts.

EXPLAIN (20 minutes)

 Students are called to identify the following parts of the heart Manila paper
and give the function of each: Illustrating the
a. Heart d. Left ventricle heart
b. Left atrium e. Right atrium
c. Right atrium f. Valves
ELABORATE (20 minutes)
Deepen the discussion by explaining one by one the following Flow Chart
facts: illustrating
 The heart is a hollow muscle organ, about the size of a blood flow
fist which is located at the center of the chest, in- activity
between the lungs.
 It is a double pump that pumps on the left and right
sides.
 Each side is divided into two chambers: top chamber
 are the atria and bottom chamber are the ventricles
 The valve act as a one-way door, allowing the blood to
either forward in the next chamber or out of the heart.
EVALUATION (10 minutes) Evaluation
Notebook
I. Identification.
1 The organ that pumps the blood throughout the body.
2 The chamber that pumps the blood into the body.
3 What is delivered to the right portion of the heart then
pumped out to the lungs and leaves the body when
exhaling?
4 Its function is to accept the blood pumped out by the
ventricles.
5 It serves as a one-way door that keep the blood moving
in one direction.
II. Essay. (5points)
 Describe how the heart function. In your own words.
EXTEND (10 minutes)
In a given framework of the human body below, illustrate Activity
the blood flow and gas exchange in the respiratory and Notebook
circulatory systems using diagrams and arrows. Color your Drawing
work to show the distinction of oxygen and carbon dioxide materials
carried in the blood.
REFERENCES
Teacher’s Guide, pp.
Learner’s Module, pp. 8-9
You Tube (How the Heart Works)

Prepared by:

HELEN S. CUNANAN
San Isidro high School
Sta. Ana, Pampanga