Tuesday 20 September 2016

Tugging at my heartstrings

Last week we dissected lamb hearts to find out how they work.


What was surprising about what we found? What was like you expected?


Can you remember how which blood vessel (or tube) is an artery and which is a vein?

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  1. It was surprising to find that the heartstring was tougher than all of us pulling it.

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  2. Tiara Leshae Year 62:43 pm, September 26, 2016

    shoe b because shoe b has more grip than shoe a and shoe a is more for men to wear to church and shoe a can make you slip in the heavy snow

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  3. if you smell the heart it smells like sheep!
    and when i touch the hearts muscle it was so strong that i can even break it!

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  4. i found that it had four holes 2 in the left and 2 at the right.
    It was hard at the bottom and it was very squishy in different places.
    I really did'n touching inside of the heart it was disgusting!

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    1. What were the different holes for? Can you remember their names?

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  5. the 2 left are the antery and the right is a vein

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  6. What I found surprising is that the lambs heart was the same size as my fist.I found that some the heart strings were very tough. When I was touching the heart the muscle was very hard.

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    1. Which bit of the heart was hardest do you think? The muscle or the fat?

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  7. Ayomide O and Ronnie2:56 pm, September 27, 2016

    What i found suprising was, that the lambs hearts is kind of sinmalar to our humans heart and the hearts strings are unbreakable and we had to use sissors to cut it! I spotted the veins and archerys which was very intresting to me as i havent seen anything like that before. i didnt know that the fat is white and the muscle was very tough!!!!

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    1. Why do you think the heart strings are so strong?

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  8. It was really fun and exicting when we saw the lamb's heart because I never imagined seeing a real life HEART! When we began to touch the heart our teacher cutted the heart in half then we saw a lot of different strings, and we throught it was there to hold the heart together when the blood is pumping out

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    1. I'm pleased you enjoyed it Adeline! What did the heart feel like when you touched it?

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  9. I am surprised that the fat seems stronger than the muscle and that the heart strings are tough,I thought they were going to be weak.i was also surprised that the heart is as big as my WHOLE HAND.i was not expecting that.

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    1. How big did you think it would be? Bigger or smaller?

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  10. Selfish and Jerome 6 Red3:25 pm, September 27, 2016

    We found four holes: two on the right side and two on the left. The lamb heart really smelled but it was really interesting to see. I would like to do more on heart. We saw a lot of strings and they were really strong I never thought that strings were that strong.

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  11. Did you know that pulmonary artery is a blood vessel?

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    1. I did! What is the difference between the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein?

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  12. We need the heart to get energy.

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    1. Yes! What does the blood carry around the body? It's something you breathe...

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    2. Blood carries oxygen around the body.

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  13. When we poured the fake blood inside the heart we found out that the ones with thick walls were arteries because blood came out of them. When the blood did not come out we realised it was a vein.

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    1. It's very clever how that works! Can you remember how many arteries you found?

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    2. I think there were two arteries and two veins.

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  14. The pulmonary vein is a large blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood.

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    1. It is! Where does it carry the blood from and to?

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  15. I was surprised that the shape of the heart was not like I thought it was.

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  16. I did not like pulling the heart string because it felt so disgusting, especially when I had to put my finger inside of it.

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    1. Did you manage to break one? How strong were they?

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  17. The lamb's heart smelled disgusting. If you pour fake blood into the artery and squeeze it it would come out. The vein is the opposite: the blood stays in.

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    1. Absolutely! Can you remember how many arteries there were?

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    2. I thought it was quite cool seeing and felling a real hart and knowing how it works.

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  18. We are learning about sicnce the title is the heart.We need a lot of blood because it gives energy. and the heart needs air
    That is why we are learning this.

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  19. I think that there are 4 Arteries.

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    1. Are you sure? There are 4 vessels but not all are arteries.

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  20. We found out that the heart pumps blood all around the body from looking at the lamb's heart.

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  21. We found out that the heart pumps blood all around the body from looking at the lamb's heart.

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  22. We found out that the heart pumps blood all around the body from looking at the lamb's heart.

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  23. What surprised me was when the heart was open because I thought there will be more blood and veins

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