thought perhaps we could look at ‘the body’
Session 1 and 2: heart
anatomy
function
- picture of circulation
- blood pressure measurement
- pulse rate measurements – rest and excercise
- circulation – vein experiment to show flow
- circulation – horrible heart – mostly just fun!
- listening to the heart here
- resuscitation – resusci annie
Session 3: lungs
- peak flow
- diagram of lungs
- ask sarah about lung experiment [yep]
- blow up balloons with max puff
section 4 CPR training
section 5 bones
- x-ray of hand, count bones in it, look at where they are in xray, and surface anatomy. talk about structure and function of bones. draw own hand and x-rayset up bone experiment -
- chicken drumstick bones in vinegar, leave for at least 2 weeks
- homework experiment! 2 chicken eggs in vinegar overnight, then drop from progressive heights – should bounce up to a point!! then put one in water, and the other shell in air. the water one swells up, and the air one becomes harder again. what is happening?
session 6 digestion
- old t shirts and felt cut into – oesophagus, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, stomach small bowel, appendix. printable of where they are. kids glue them on – older ones perhaps cut out too? time dependent. or can label?
- iodine solution to show starch in things
- pepsin – if i can get hold of it!! to do protein ? as homework as better overnight
section 7 and 8: sight
anatomy
- model of eye
- dissection of eye
- picture of eye
function
- pinhole camera
- optical illusons
- ?sight tests