Teaching subjects

Teaching methods and media

Motivation of the pupils by measuring the breathing rate at different degrees of physical activity

Testing of the capacity of the lungs

Pupils analyse a text about the respiratory organs and their function

Labelling of the diagram of the respiratory organs

Homework: Questions on the function of the respiratory organs

Review of the function of the epiglottis , the rings of cartilage round the windpipe and the ciliated mucous membrane

Introduction to the mechanisms of ventilation

Guided analysis of the mechanisms of ventilation when you exercise

Explanation of how air is sucked into your lungs during normal breathing

Review of the mechanisms of ventilation

Examination of the air breathed in and out for its contents

Pupils analyse a text about the gaseous exchange in the alveoli

The enlargement of the inner surface area of the lungs and the diffusion process

Pupils are motivated by pictures of a mountaineer and a scuba diver

Conditions of breathing at high altitude: The air pressure falls and less oxygen is avalable

Adaptation of people living at high altitude

Pupils analyse a text about the conditions of breathing under water and the precautions divers must take

The increase of the water pressure and its consequences for divers; precautions divers must take