Functioning of the heart

Accountability
A drawing from a handbook or encyclopedia partially falls short for the students: animations do provide a realistic visual representation of certain processes. This also applies to the lesson on the heart. The students must be able to independently discover the different phases in the functioning of the heart by means of guidelines. The animations provide a realistic visual representation of reality.

Material data sheet
The site of the Dutch Heart Foundation is certainly worth a visit: in addition to a lot of medical information, there is also didactic information. The information provided is clearly structured, accurate and complete and intended for both medical professionals and lay people.

The site consists of several sections about heart and blood vessels, their normal functioning and possible problems. For this lesson, only the rubric: How does the heart work with a didactic animation is used.