Unit: THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

BY CASI SORIANO
CEIP JUAN XXIII(Torrent)

Teaching
Objectives

rea: SCIENCE/ENGLISH

To help learners understand that the content can be

achieved in a L2
To introduce the Circulatory System and the function of the
heart.
To review numbers in English and se them to talk about
pulse and blood pressure.
To use the blood pressure monitor and the chronometer, to
record data and calculate the pulse rate per minute.
To identify the parts of the heart, veins and arteries in the
circulatory system.
To understand the importance of healthy habits to look after
our circulatory system.
To develop thinking skills through HOT activities, concept
maps and reflection on the learning process.

Lessons: 8

Nivel Ed.: 5TH Primary

Final Task

Participate in the Circulatory System

game.
Complete a questionnaire about the
circulatory system.

Assessment
Criteria

Understand how the blood circulates around the body and the
heart function.
Classify the blood vessels taking into account their physical
properties and the function they have.
Interpret visual information about the heart anatomy and function.
Describe the function of the heart using gestures and key words.
Identify the different kind of blood vessels.
Use the measuring instruments and record data using the correct
units.
Explain with visual aid the blood pathway around the body.
Participate in a game that represents the circulatory system.
Use the prepositions around, from and to; the comparative of
some adjective such as hard, fast, slow and thick, and the third
person singular of the present simple to complete a text(oral and
written) about the circulatory system.
Know the meaning of the key vocabulary in the two official
languages (Spanish and Valencian)
Reflect on the learning process and the benefits of studying
content in a L2.

Key
Competences

Materials
Resources

Competence in linguistic communication

Competence in knowledge and interaction with the
physical world.
Mathematical competence
Learning to learn competence
Social skills and citizenship competence
Digital competence

Notebook lesson and power point for presentation

PDF worksheets for pupils
Video flash and video song about the circulatory
system(downloaded from youtube and inserted in
notebook). Images from the visiblebody.com
Realia: blood pressure monitor, materials to make a
stethoscope, tubes to represent the blood vessels,
chronometer,
We resources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_thi
ngs/keeping_healthy/play.shtml
http://www.argosymedical.com/Circulatory/index.html

Material creat i adaptat de diversos autors pel Servici dEnsenyaments en Valenci - Conselleria dEducaci. (2010)

Unit:
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Parts of the heart.

The circulatory system: pulmonary and
general circulation.
Kind of blood vessels: comparison.
The pulse rate and the blood pressure.
Healthy habits to look after the
circulatory system
Scientific vocabulary and scientific
texts.

rea: SCIENCE

TH
Ed. Level: 5 Prim

Lessons: 8

Content

Participation in setting outcomes.

Thinkers key games: what if...
Concept map of the unit, Venn
diagrams.
HOT: classify, evaluate, analyse.
Hypothesize about the results of an
experiment.
Reflecting on the learning process.

Student
Learning
Outcomes

Cognition

Communication

Culture/
Community

Language for the topic

Vocabulary

vocabulary:

Language for interaction

Structures

Key
Heart, blood
vessel, atrium, ventricle, capillary,
artery, vein, circulatory system,
heartbeat,
pulmonary
artery,
pulmonary vein, aorta, vena cava,
pulse, beat, pump, carry, collect,
contract, relax, blood pressure,
systole and diastole. Oxygen, CO2,
lungs.

Co-operative work. Pair work.

Identifying words that are similar in
the three languages and understand
why.
Value the doctors role in the
community as well as the research
in medicine to improve health and
life quality.

Instructions:

go to , run faster,
walk, sit down, dont move.
Description: it is..., it isnt...
Comparatives:
slower,
faster,
harder, more and less.
Simple present (3rd person): the
heart beats, pumps, travels,... to
express a process.
Prepositions: from, to and around.

*Asking for help: Can you repeat?,

whats this in Spanish?
*Ask and answer questions: Why?
What?Because...
*Compare. Comparatives : faster,
slower, harder, more, less.
*Express cause-effect:
When you take exercise, your heart
beats

Material creat i adaptat de diversos autors pel Servici dEnsenyaments en Valenci - Conselleria dEducaci. (2010)