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Science: Put Your Heart into Engineering
Students examine the heart and vascular system and the need for artificial valves. After explaining how heart valves function, they design their own heart valves for experimentation. They predict the speed of fluid flowing through...
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The World Wide Anaestheist: Lung Function Fundamentals
The mechanics of lung function are explained. Numerous definitions and examples are provided including Poiseuille's Law, blood flow, ventilation, and fluid mechanical properties.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Put Your Heart Into Engineering
This lesson plan contains background about the blood vascular system and the heart. Also, the different sizes of capillaries, veins, and arteries, and how they affect blood flow through the system. We will then proceed to talk about the...
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Plants Vascular Systems
A brief, concise text explaining the vascular systems of plants.