Mississippi Science HAP.10.2
The Standard
- HAP.10
- Students will investigate the structures and functions of the cardiovascular system, including the cause and effect of diseases and disorders.
Describe the flow of blood through the pulmonary system and systemic circulation.
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Cardiovascular System
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace blood from the heart to the lungs and back, then from the heart to the body and back. They name the chambers and major vessels in order and show where blood gains and releases oxygen.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can trace one drop of blood from the vena cava through the right heart, lungs, left heart, and aorta to the body. They can show how it returns to the vena cava and name where it gains and releases oxygen.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think pulmonary arteries carry oxygen-rich blood because they are arteries. They may send blood straight from the lungs to the body, skipping the left heart, or think blood picks up oxygen in the heart.
How to Assess It
- Give students a blank heart-lungs-body diagram. Ask them to draw one full blood loop, label the four chambers and major vessels, and mark where blood gains and releases oxygen.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs red and blue counters and a heart-lungs-body mat; have them move counters through each chamber and switch colors at lungs and tissues.
Ask students to write two sentences explaining why blood returns to the heart after leaving the lungs, then name its next destination.
Have pairs race to order shuffled cards labeled vena cava, four chambers, pulmonary arteries, lungs, pulmonary veins, aorta, and body.
Ask students to trace blood from an arm blood draw site through the heart and lungs, then back to the arm.
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