The Circulatory System and The Heart - Complete Lesson, PPT, Printables and Quiz

This is a complete lesson has 10 printable student worksheets and activities, a lesson plan, a quiz, and a 25 slide power point with animations that your students will adore! This comprehensive lesson contains everything you need to teach your students about the circulatory system, the heart that keeps it running, blood cells, blood vessels, arteries, veins and more. This is not an average or basic foundational lesson that just barely touches on these concepts. With the incredible animations included in this power point and the strategically crafted printable worksheets and quiz, your students will understand the circulatory system, the heart, blood and blood vessels on a deep and rich level in a memorable way.

This lesson addresses the guiding question “How does the circulatory system pump blood and nutrients to your body and vital organs?” Students will take notes on their student note-taker provided, while they listen to you teach a direct instruction lesson that goes along with the 25 slide animated power point included in this product. Your students will learn so much from the carefully thought out animations included in this presentation. You won’t see animations like this anywhere else with the well thought out and carefully timed animations designed to enhance their knowledge on how the heart circulates blood cells and nutrients through the body’s blood vessels. The animations are pre-timed and carefully crafted to not require any work on your part other than read the words on the slide and add your own instruction if you so choose. This lesson and power point was created by an experienced 4th-5th grade science teacher. It will be very engaging for your students with meaningful examples and colorful animations on nearly every slide! They will also finish the power point presentation with a practice quiz with five questions at the end of the power point to help them assess their own understanding before they take the paper quiz.

This unit will fill at least three science blocks but potentially even four or five depending on the length of your science period and if you use all of the printable pages. To finish off the lesson, students will have the opportunity to take an 18 question end of unit quiz to assess their knowledge about everything they have learned about the circulatory system, the hear, blood and blood vessels.

Included in this comprehensive lesson:

- Lesson Plan

- 25 slide power point with amazing animations your students will be amazed by

*************PLUS 10 more printable pages or worksheets including:*************

- Student Note-taker / Interactive Notebook fill in the blank for use during the powerpoint

- The Heart Diagram / Blood Vessels Diagram half pages for interactive notebooks or to print on the back of your student note-takers.

- The Circulatory System and The Heart Reading Comprehension Worksheet

- Blood Cells: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer and Response Page

- Blood Vessels Reading Comprehension Worksheet

- Creating A Heart Healthy Plan Graphic Organizer and Reflection Page

- The Circulatory System – Vocabulary Review Page (matching and fill in the blank)

- Assessment - three page, eighteen question assessment with fill in the blank, true false, multiple choice and a short answer question.

Your students will absolutely love the carefully timed animations showing how our heart works and how blood travels through the body in the colorful power point with custom clipart. The learning activities they will find in this excellent lesson will be loved by you as well. They will learn a lot from the printable pages and you will have plenty of grading opportunities from this product as well, whether it is from one of the reading comprehension worksheets, graphic organizers, diagrams, or the lesson assessment. I know you and your students will love this product, and truly understand this concept on a much deeper level due to the resources included in this product, I guarantee it!

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