SCIENCE BAND

Group Members

Ho Wei
le

Jaydon
Ng

Chua Run
Kang

Kueh Jing
Quan

Loke Chee
Kit

How to make a model of the human

respiratory system
Materials and Tools

You will need a big plastic bottle(rib cage),

two balloons(lungs),
straws(Trachea/bronchus),a plastic
bag(diaphragm), some cellophane tape,
some plasticine, a pair of scisssors and a

Step
1

First, cut the bottom of the plastic bottle

with a craft knife.

Step 2
Cut a straw in
half, and make
two hole in a
bigger straw.
Then, attach
both halves of
the straw to
the big straw
with some
plasticine. You
must also
cover the
bottom end of
the big straw.

Step
3

Attach a balloon to each end

of the straw.

Step 4
Make a hole through the
bottle cap and put the
straw through it as
shown in the picture.

Step 5
Cover the bottom
of the plastic bottle
with a plastic bag.

Explaination
Inhalation

When you breathe air in, the diaphragm(plastic bag)

contracts, moves down. This will cause the air pressure
inside the lungs(balloons) to decrease and air is forced
through the trachea(straw) and into the
lungs(balloons). The lungs(balloons) will expand.

Exhalation
Exhalation is the opposite of inhalation. When you
breathe out, the diaphragm(plastic bag) moves up,
causing the air pressure in your lungs(balloons) to
increase, the air is forced out of the lungs(balloons)
and the lungs(balloons) will shrink.

Wei
le