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 Heart Project Guidelines 
Team #____________ Period_____________
Goals:
Your team will work together to produce the required arrows and signs for this project, using
only the materials provided, in a neat and creative manner. Work on the signs should be
divided evenly among all group members. After all signs and arrows are created, you will go
in the hallway to the heart model and practice identifying the structures of the heart. As a
team, you will use the arrows to indicate the flow of oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich blood. You
will also walk through the heart model in the correct direction of blood flow. Next week, you
will be quizzed individually on the parts of the heart. Part of the quiz will require you to trace
the path of blood flow by walking and talking through the heart model.
Materials:
scissors
red, blue and black markers
1 sheet each of blue and red construction paper
16 sheets of white construction paper
1 arrow model
1 folder for storage
Products:
3 arrows made of red paper (oxygen-rich blood flow)
3 arrows made of blue paper (oxygen-poor blood flow)
1 sign each for the following heart structures:
right ventricle
pulmonary valve
superior vena cava pulmonary artery
left ventricle
aortic valve
inferior vena cava
pulmonary veins
right atrium
tricuspid valve
septum
right lung
left atrium
bicuspid valve
aorta
left lung
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 Heart Project Rubric 
Team #____________ Period_____________
USE OF MATERIALS
4
Materials were used
efficiently and
effectively; all
guidelines were
followed.
3
Materials were used
efficiently; all
guidelines were
followed.
2
Team required extra
materials; most
guidelines were
followed.
1
Team required a
large amount of extra
materials and
disregarded
guidelines.
NEATNESS AND SPELLING
4
All signs and arrows
are neatly cut.
Lettering is neat and
all spelling is correct.
3
Signs and arrows are
neatly cut. Lettering
is mostly neat and all
spelling is correct.
2
Signs and arrows are
somewhat neatly cut.
Lettering is
somewhat neat and
there are few spelling
errors.
1
Signs and arrows are
not neatly cut.
Lettering is not neat
and there are many
spelling errors.
TEAMWORK
4
All team members
worked efficiently
and divided work
evenly among each
other.
3
Team members
worked fairly
efficiently and
divided work evenly
among each other.
2
Some team
members worked
efficiently and work
was divided
somewhat evenly.
1
Team members did
not work efficiently
and work was
divided unevenly.
SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY
4
All team members
can demonstrate
solid knowledge of
the parts of the heart
and path of blood
flow.
3
All team members
can demonstrate
sufficient knowledge
of the parts of the
heart and path of
blood flow.
2
Some team
members can
demonstrate
sufficient knowledge
of the parts of the
heart and blood flow.
1
Team members
cannot demonstrate
sufficient knowledge
of the heart and
blood flow.
15-16 pts.
12-14 pts.
9-11 pts.
6-8 pts.
4-5 pts.
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Reflective Essay
Think about the work you have done on the heart project. Write an essay that addresses the
following points:

How did you feel about your team? Did everyone share responsibilities equally? Did
everyone cooperate or was there some tension between group members?

Which part of the project was the easiest? Which was the most difficult?

How much did you learn about the heart? Do you learn better by participating in handson projects like this one or would you rather study by using the textbook?

If you could change one thing about this project to make it better, what would you
change?
Use the space below to outline your thoughts and roughly write down the main ideas you
would like to include in your essay. You may ask for help outlining or editing a rough draft at
this point. Then, on a separate sheet of lined paper, write a final draft of your essay. Staple
this sheet to your final draft.
Name:___________________________________Team #____________ Period:____________
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