Lesson 2
Time: 1 block
Objectives:
(15 minutes) Begin the lesson with a lecture covering the main aspects of High Blood pressure and its relationship to the heart/circulatory system.
The lesson should focus on:
What Blood Pressure means
Its relationship with and affect on the heart
Brief mentioning of what it means to have high and low blood pressure
Brief discussion of a few things that can affect blood pressure
o Upon completion of the lecture, go over the Terms the students defined in class the previous day and inform them that there will be a matching quiz tomorrow
(75 minutes) Students will visit www.cnn.com
o Click on the “Health” Link
§ Find the Article from Tuesday August 24 Titled,” Report: More Have High Blood Pressure” Under “Conditions News.”
§ (30 minutes) Each student is to individually cut and paste information from the site that answers the criteria on the handout accompanying this activity (Handout #2) for the PowerPoint.
The purpose of this is for students to get practice cutting and pasting, not plagiarizing. (This also reduces the amount of time spent writing down/typing information so they can focus more time into the presentation).
Students are to transfer their findings into their PowerPoint using their own words.
Students will Visit at least one other website with information relevant to High Blood Pressure and find two other interesting facts about High Blood pressure and email to the instructor.
Let them know that the interesting facts can be other new causes, treatments, whether it is hereditary, certain unique cases mentioned in research/medicine, etc. Also make sure the students pay close attention to the sites they get their interesting facts from to make sure they are getting information from credible sources.
o Compile all the interesting facts the students found and create a document to post in the room. During one segment of a class period, allow several students to share at least one of their interesting facts.
§ (45 minutes) After each student has finished reading the article and gathering information, they will be placed into groups of 3 or 4 (teacher pick groups) the second half of class to begin preparing a PowerPoint presentation containing the following:
· The assumed causes of High Blood Pressure
· The possible risks from High Blood pressure
· What increases the risk of High Blood pressure
· The comparison over the years
· The ratio’s of persons affected
o Persons most affected
· Include all statistics
· Treatment methods
· Why is High Blood Pressure called the “silent killer?”
Remind them that steps to creating a PowerPoint can be found on the "Help" site