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QuestionCan I do this with a Heart model?Justine Borzumato is a Biology Teacher at the Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison, New Jersey. Justine has been teaching biology since 2015 and has taught courses including AP Biology, Honors Biology, Epidemiology, and Anatomy and Physiology. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Loyola University Maryland and a Master of Science in Biology from New York University.Yes! I've done this with my students and we made it inflate and deflate and have arteries and veins working in and out of the heart model.
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QuestionWhat is the whole point of this project?ths 130028Community AnswerThis project helps students understand the mechanism of breathing. It shows how the lungs inflate when the diaphragm is brought down and air is brought in and vice versa.
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QuestionHow is this related to science?ths 130028Community AnswerThis is a biology model related to the mechanism of breathing. It is related to biology, the science of living organisms.
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QuestionWhat happens to the smaller balloons inside?ths 130028Community AnswerThe balloons in the interior of the model will inflate when the skin at the bottom is pulled down and air is brought in, just like a real lung. Similarly, it will deflate when we let go of the skin and air is pushed out.
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QuestionWhat does each part of the constructed lung model represent?ths 130028Community AnswerIn this model, the large pink straw represents the trachea or windpipe. The two green straw segments represent the bronchi. The inner balloons represent the lungs. The bottle represents the thoracic cavity and the stretched out balloon skin at the bottom represents the diaphragm.
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