Organs and Artificial Organs

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.07.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale and Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Overview of the Circulatory System
  4. Dimensional Analysis Calculation Demonstrating Heart Reliability
  5. Introduction to Units of Measure
  6. Dimensional Analysis of Graphical Data: Ventricular Pressure vs. Volume Graph
  7. Dimensional Analysis for Evaluating Potential Power Sources for an Artificial Heart
  8. Dimensional Analysis does Problem Analysis
  9. Student Background and Challenges
  10. Strategies
  11. Classroom Activities and Lesson Plans
  12. Standards Alignment
  13. Teacher and Student Resources
  14. Endnotes
  15. Bibliography

Dimensional Analysis: A Mathematics Tool to Dissect the Circulatory System

Richard Cordia Taylor

Published September 2011

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Content Objectives

By the conclusion of this unit, students will be able to explain the basic functions of the circulatory system and its primary components. Students will be able to explain various ways that components within the system can fail. Students will also be able to take data in graphical, table, or written form and use dimensional analysis and mathematics to either calculate new data or to frame the data in ways to make it more accessible. For their final project, students will be able to apply this data handling skill either to evaluate a mode of failure within the circulatory system, to evaluate an artificial replacement for some part of the circulatory system, or to evaluate a technology that might be used to develop such replacements.

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