BIO 304 · Week 6 of 8 · Jul 13 to Jul 19 · Nightly Pre-Work

Blood and how the body moves blood.

Four pre-work days across blood, the heart, and the blood vessels. Monday is blood; Tuesday is the heart, anatomy then physiology; Thursday and Friday are the blood vessels, anatomy then physiology. Wednesday is catch-up and discussion. Each topic page walks you through the reading, the fill-in-the-blank notes, and the video with chapter jump-points that line up with the workbook, and then opens your nightly spaced-recall cards.

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How each pre-work session runs

Four steps, in order.

Same four steps every pre-work day. The order matters. The retrieval check is what makes the cards work.

Open the topic, print the workbook

Pick the day's topic from the list below. Print that day's lab workbook before you sit down. Breaking flow to find a printer is where good study sessions die.

Watch the short video

Finishing the video is what starts the retrieval gate. Read the fill-in-the-blank notes alongside it.

Write the 60-word check

Pull together what the video just taught you. Submitting unlocks the spaced-recall cards for the topic.

Run the nightly cards

DOK 1 to DOK 3 cards. They carry over into future Daily Reviews so the work compounds.

This week at a glance

Six dates to put on your calendar.

Week opens

Mon, Jul 13

First pre-work day

Discussion post

Fri, Jul 17

Initial post, 11:59 PM

Quiz opens

Fri, Jul 17

20 questions, 20 minutes

Discussion replies

Sun, Jul 19

Two replies, 11:59 PM

Lab workbooks

Sun, Jul 19

All five submitted, 11:59 PM

Quiz closes

Sun, Jul 19

11:59 PM, one attempt

Your four pre-work days

Open your topics for the day.

Monday and Tuesday have two topics; Thursday and Friday have one. Each topic links to its lecture page, video, and workbook, and gates into your spaced-recall cards.

MON 13

Day 21 . Pre-work

Blood Composition and Hemopoiesis

Plasma plus formed elements, and where blood cells come from.

Notes →Concept video →Recall →Workbook →Submit workbook →

Hemostasis and Blood Typing

How bleeding stops. ABO and Rh, and why type matters.

Notes →Recall →Workbook →Submit workbook →

TUE 14

Day 22 . Pre-work . Two topics

Heart Anatomy and Function

Four chambers, four valves, the wall layers, and how blood routes through the heart.

Notes →Concept video →Recall →Workbook →Submit workbook →

Heart Physiology: Conduction, ECG & the Cardiac Cycle

SA node to AV node to Purkinje fibers, the ECG waves, the cardiac cycle (systole and diastole), and cardiac output. Includes the cardiac-cycle drawing lab.

Notes →Concept video →Recall →Workbook →Submit workbook →

THU 16

Day 23 . Pre-work

Blood Vessel Anatomy

Arteries, capillaries, and veins, and the three wall layers that build them.

Notes →Concept video →Recall →Workbook →Submit workbook →

FRI 17

Day 24 . Pre-work . Quiz opens

Blood Vessel Physiology: Circulation

Pulmonary and systemic routes, capillary exchange, blood pressure and MAP. Finish the vessels workbook you started Thursday.

Notes →Concept video →Recall →Workbook →Submit workbook →

A note from me

Week 6, same rhythm.

Each pre-work day takes about 30 to 45 minutes if you sit with it. The retrieval check is the part that makes it stick. Do not skip writing those 60 words, even when the cards look like the easier path.

If you fall behind on a day, do that day's topic first before moving to the next. The spaced-recall cards only schedule properly when you have done the work on the topic page first.

Dr. Sharilyn Rennie

Ready to start

Day 21 is two topics. Open it.

Composition and hemostasis together. Both feed directly into the cardiac cycle on Tuesday.

Open Blood Composition