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QR-JHS-079
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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WEEKLY DYNAMIC LEARNING PLAN Effectivity Date: May 18, 2022

LEARNING TASK

Activity: Building A Functioning Heart Model (Performance Task)

Topic: Human Circulatory System

Name: _________________________________ Week Number: ___5___ Score: ________

Section: _______________________________

The circulatory system consists of the heart, blood, and blood vessels that carry blood to every
body part. We discussed how the heart works like the engine for our body pumping blood
constantly to keep our organs functioning.

Objective:
  Describe blood flow through the heart by building a functioning heart model.

Materials:
 3 x Pop bottles (710 mL) with caps and labels removed.
 4 x Bendy straws
 3 Cups of water
 Red food coloring
 Tape
 Scissors
 Disposable cups

Procedures:
1. Prepare all your materials.
2. Drill or make two holes (the same size) on the cap of one bottle, just enough for the straw
to slide through.
3. In the second cap, drill one hole that is also straw sized and another smaller hole.
4. Mix the water and red food coloring in a disposable cup to create your “red blood.”
5. Take two straws, stretch and bend them to create a 90-degree angle. Slide one straw into
the other straw, then tape them together. Repeat it using the second set of straws.
6. Place the three bottles on the table.
7. Fill the first two with the solution for about 80% full. Leave the third bottle empty.
8. On the first bottle, place the cap with one straw hole and one small hole. On the middle
bottle, put the cap with two straw holes. Leave the third bottle without a cap.
9. Carefully slide the straws through the bottle caps. Tape around the straw bases on the
middle bottle to make an airtight seal with the bottle cap.
10. To make your model work, squeeze the middle bottle only. Start by pinching the straw
between the first bottle and the middle bottle. Squeeze the middle bottle and watch your
“blood” squirt out into the empty bottle.
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11. Repeat squeezing to pump blood from the first bottle into the middle bottle and then out to
the empty bottle.
12. Write your observations on your activity by answering the post-laboratory questions.

RUBRICS FOR THE MODEL

Criteria Inadequate Adequate Exemplary
(Below Standard) (Meets Standard) (Far Exceeds Standard)
(1-2) (3-4) (5)

Creativity The model is somewhat The model is The model is visually stimulating
stimulating and made with stimulating and and aesthetically appealing and
little effort and time. appealing and made made with extra effort and time.
with effort and time.
Durability The model has loose parts The model is durable The model is very durable and
that will easily fall off. but will fall apart or will last for an extended time.
break if mishandled at
all

Post-Laboratory Questions: Write at least 3-5 sentences in each item. Five (5) points per item.

1. What happens to the blood when you squeeze the middle bottle?
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2. What does each bottle represent in the real heart?

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3. Through your observations, how does our blood flow through the body?
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Criteria Inadequate Adequate Exemplary

(Below Standard) (Meets Standard) (Far Exceeds Standard)
Content It shows some thinking and Content indicates Content indicates the synthesis
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reasoning, but most ideas thinking and of ideas, in-depth analysis, and
are underdeveloped and reasoning applied evidence of original thought and
unoriginal. with an original support for the topic.
(1-2) thought on a few (5)
ideas.
(3-4)

FOR BLENDED STUDENTS, THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE DONE AT

SCHOOL.

FOR CLASS2, IT WILL BE ON WEEK5

FOR CLASS1, IT WILL BE ON WEEK6

FOR FULL ONLINE STUDENTS- DO THE ACTIVITY AT HOME. YOU

SHALL SEND A PICTURE AND 1 MINUTE TIMLAPSE VIDEO WHILE
YOU ARE ASSEMBLING THE MODEL. ASNWER THE FOLLOWING
POST-LAB QUESTIONS ABOVE.