Subject(s): Biology | Maths
Resources included: Educator notes, Student sheets, Presentation slides, Extension sheet
Time: 60 minutes
Use this module to introduce your students to gas exchange systems and what can affect them, from smoking to exercise, asthma and allergies. A quick starter activity is followed by two fun lab activities which include working scientifically practice and evaluating results.
Your students may have already done the How we breathe starter activity, but we've included it below in case they haven't. We recommend that you deliver that 15 minute module before you start Dust and breathing, unless your students have already been introduced to the basics of the respiratory system.
Activity type: Educator notes
Equipment: None
Time: 15 minutes
Activity type: Presentation slides
Equipment: None
Time: 15 minutes
Activity type: Educator notes
Equipment: See student sheets
Time: 60 minutes
Activity type: Presentation slides
Equipment: None
Time: 60 minutes
Activity type: Student sheets, Lab experiment
Equipment: Microscopes, glass slides, cover slips, tweezers, plain paper and a pencil, dust samples
Time: 40 minutes
Activity type: Student sheets, Lab experiment
Equipment: Peak flow meters and disposable mouth pieces, graph paper, rulers
Time: 15 minutes
Activity type: Student sheets
Equipment: PowerPoint or similar presentation design software
Time: 60+ minutes