This music video describes how the heart pumps blood through the body - transporting nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and metabolic wastes to their destinations. The roles of the red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), platelets (thrombocytes), and blood plasma are described in a concise and easy-to-understand way. It provides a nice review of the circulatory system in a fun, simplified way.
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Identify Major Learning Goals:
Examine blood flow through the human body.
Understand the composition and components of blood.
Understand the role of blood in the body.
Examine the function of blood.
Target Student Population:
Grade School, High School, College General Ed, College Upper Division
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic anatomy/ biology
Content Quality
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Strengths:
This video provides a very catchy backdrop for understanding or reviewing the circulatory system
Although not to scale, its animation demonstrates the material it is presenting well.
It provides a fair amount of detail in a short amount of time.
The animation is simplistic focusing on the root ideas so students should not be overwhelmed by what is being displayed.
Concerns:
There are not any references or links given so if a student has a question about an aspect of the video, there isn't a supplementary reference they can go to.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
Provides a student-friendly way to understand the circulatory system, including its components and function in a short amount of time.
A nice supplement or review within a course.
Students can access the video at any time and watch it as many times as needed to fully understand different parts of the concepts expressed.
Closed captioning guides if students do not understand what is being said during the song.
Concerns:
The video is stand-alone so questions about the content must be sought out by the student.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
Easy access on YouTube
Close-Captioning is avalalble
Students can watch the video as many times as they want and the song can easily be embedded inot in-class presentations or learning management systems as part of homework or pre-class review.
Concerns:
The only concern is the fact that it is hosted on the Youtube site so the normal distractions of ads and random other videos following the material may occur.
Creative Commons:
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