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Circulation Role Play
Head
Lung
Lung
Right
Atrium
Right
Ventricle
Left
atrium
left
ventricle
Feet/muscles
Activity Preparation:
Label locations in the classroom to represent the following structures involved in
circulation. Place the appropriate instruction cards at each station. Place a pile of cotton
balls at each lung station and a pile of carbon dioxide disks at the head and muscle
stations.
Procedure:
1) Assign individual students to act as the aorta, vena cava, pulmonary artery and
pulmonary vein. Give each student the appropriate task card with instructions for
the function of the specific structure.
2) Assign other students to act as red blood cells. They will carry red plastic plates
through the circulatory system and pick up or give away oxygen (cotton balls)
and carbon dioxide (brown paper disks) at the appropriate organs.
3) Count off red blood cells 1-8 and send all 1s to the right atrium, all 2s to the left
atrium, etc.
4) Ask students to read and follow the instructions at their structure when you say
“pump”.
5) Repeat for several circuits.
STUDENT ROLES:
Vena Cava
Pulmonary Artery
Directs the red blood cells
returning from the body into
right atrium of the heart.
Directs alternating red blood
cells to either the right or left
lung.
Pulmonary Vein
Aorta
Directs red blood cells returning
from the lungs into the left
atrium of the heart.
Directs red blood cells to the
head or feet
Red Blood Cell
Transports oxygen and carbon
dioxide through body
Instructions for each station:
Right Atrium
Go to right ventricle
Right Ventricle
Go to right lung
Go to left lung
Right Lung
Left Lung
Pick up an oxygen molecule
(cotton ball) and give up a
carbon dioxide molecule
(brown circle).
Go to left atrium.
Pick up an oxygen molecule
(cotton ball) and give up a
carbon dioxide molecule.
Go to left atrium
Left Atrium
Go to left ventricle
Left Ventricle
Go to body
Head (brain)
Feet (skeletal
muscles)
Give oxygen molecule to
the tissue and pick up
carbon dioxide molecule.
Return to the right atrium.
Give oxygen molecule to
the tissue and pick up
carbon dioxide molecule.
Return to the right atrium.
STATION LABELS
Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left Ventricle
Right Lung
Left Lung
Brain
Muscles