Programs

  Virginia
  Standards of
  Learning
  (S.O.L.s)

Note to the Teacher . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Activities by Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Virginia Science Standards of Learning

                     (SOL) for Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SECTION I: The Circulatory System . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ACTIVITY 1 Pulse, Heart Rate and Exercise . . . . . 10
ACTIVITY 2 Heart Rate and Blood Pressure . . . . . 13
ACTIVITY 3 A Look Inside Your Heart . . . . . . . . . .17
ACTIVITY 4 Blood Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ACTIVITY 5 Blood Circulation Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ACTIVITY 6 Modeling Circulation of Blood

                                 through the Heart . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION II The Respiratory System . . . . . . . . . 30
ACTIVITY 7 How Air Moves In and Out

                                 of the Lungs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

ACTIVITY 8 Measuring the Volume of

                                Exhaled Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
ACTIVITY 9 Breathing is Essential to Life . . . . . . .42
ACTIVITY 10 How do Fish Breathe? . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ACTIVITY 11 The Lorax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ACTIVITY 12 Testing Our Breath . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
SECTION III The Digestive System . . . . . . . . . . .51
ACTIVITY 13 Protein and Fat Digestion . . . . . . . . 59
ACTIVITY 14 Jello Enzyme Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
ACTIVITY 15 The Beginning of Digestion . . . . . . . 65
ACTIVITY 16 Body Maps of the Digestive

                                  System .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 ACTIVITY 17 What Happens When You Eat? . . . . 70 ACTIVITY 18 Bacterial Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
References . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Virginia SOLs for each Activity

Activity 1: 6.8, LS.3, Bio.1

Activity 2: LS.1, LS.3, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 3: LS.3, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 4: LS.1, LS.3, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 5: LS.4, LS.10, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 6: 6.1

Activity 7: 6.8, LS.3, LS.4, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 8: LS.1, LS.3, LS.4, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 9: 6.8, LS.1, LS.3, LS.4, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 10: 6.8, LS.3, LS.4, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 11: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 6.8, 6.11

Activity 12: 6.8, LS.1, LS.3, LS.4, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 13: LS.3, Bio.1, Bio.5

Activity 14: LS.3, Bio.1, Bio.3, Bio.5

Activity 15: 4.2, 6.8, LS.1, LS.3, Bio.5, CH.6

Activity 16: K.1, 1.1, 1.5, 6.8

Activity 17: 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.8, 6.9

Activity 18: 3.5, 4.4, 4.5, 5.5, 6.9, LS.4, LS.9, Bio.5