Viewers follow the paths of oxygen and carbon dioxide through the human respiratory organs and the path of the molecules through the human circulatory system, in a short video about how the body delivers oxygen and picks up carbon dioxide. 

Concepts

the circulatory system, the respiratory system, oxygen, carbon dioxide, diffusion, anatomy

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners research how certain things (smoking, pneumonia, other illnesses) disrupt the respiratory and circulatory systems

Classroom Considerations

• Pausing the video may help some scholars process the information better as the narrator moves quickly through the pathways
• Video 27 in a series of 40

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Video includes a table of contents so teachers can to show only certain segments
• Shows the pathways of oxygen through other organisms as well

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.3