by Lev, Dylan, James, and Yaniv
I never thought that I would become an intestine. Aren’t these organs part of me? Today in science, we played The Circulation Game, a simulation where we learned how the blood in the human body helps to distribute nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. Some of us took on the roles of red blood cells, which carry nutrients, oxygen, and carbon dioxide throughout the body. They travel from the heart to the lungs, where they exchange carbon dioxide for new oxygen that was just breathed in. Next, the blood cells travel to the liver where they are filtered for toxins and for waste. Some red blood cells take a different route to the kidneys, intestines, and other muscles and organs throughout the body.
The path of these cells is vital to the survival of humans. They act as couriers, transporting many fluids and important elements and molecules to make sure that the body functions properly. This simulation helped us understand more about the body, and now we know better how we get nutrients and oxygen, and how we dispose of wastes like carbon dioxide. We learned how important it is to have these systems of organs and cells flowing through our body, and how devastating it would be if they stopped doing their part!
I never thought that I would become an intestine. Aren’t these organs part of me? Today in science, we played The Circulation Game, a simulation where we learned how the blood in the human body helps to distribute nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. Some of us took on the roles of red blood cells, which carry nutrients, oxygen, and carbon dioxide throughout the body. They travel from the heart to the lungs, where they exchange carbon dioxide for new oxygen that was just breathed in. Next, the blood cells travel to the liver where they are filtered for toxins and for waste. Some red blood cells take a different route to the kidneys, intestines, and other muscles and organs throughout the body.
The path of these cells is vital to the survival of humans. They act as couriers, transporting many fluids and important elements and molecules to make sure that the body functions properly. This simulation helped us understand more about the body, and now we know better how we get nutrients and oxygen, and how we dispose of wastes like carbon dioxide. We learned how important it is to have these systems of organs and cells flowing through our body, and how devastating it would be if they stopped doing their part!
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