Circulatory System Activity: Heart Disease Risk in Pretend Patients

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Engage students in a real-world study of the cardiovascular system and heart disease at a middle school level. Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES versions.

In this anatomy activity, students will:

• Read a brief background about heart disease and how doctors evaluate risk for heart disease (simplified for middle schoolers).
• Use a “Heart Disease Risk” chart to evaluate the risk factor score for 6 patients.
• Answer analysis questions about which patients were at the lowest and highest risk of heart disease, and the factors that put them in these categories.

Teacher Notes:

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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS1-3: Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.