What a Bunch

of Grapes!
Activity 1

PART A
Objective:
Identify the key parts of the breathing system

Materials:
Bunch of Grapes (or any other bunch of fruits and
vegetables such as arosep or lato (seaweed),
lanzones, cauliflower, etc. )

PROCEDURE

1. Hold up the bunch of grapes. Let the bunch of grapes
represent the breathing system.
2. Within your group, locate the parts of the breathing system:
the main stem as the trachea, the large branching stems as
the bronchi, and all the little stems as the bronchioles. The
individual gates are the air sacs or alveoli.
3. One by one, gently take out some of the grapes to expose
more of the branching stems (bronchioles). Observe its
structure.
4. Trace the pathway of oxygen using the Bunch of Grapes
model. Note that air moves from the nose (nasal cavity) and
mouth (oral cavity) to the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and
into the alveoli (air sacs). The air we breathe caries the gas
(oxygen). When we breathe, the oxygen goes to the lungs.

Figure 1. The bunch of grapes model of the breathing system
PART B
Objective:
Describe the function of each part of the
breathing system

Procedure:

Refer to the diagram, and check your
understanding of the breathing system by labeling
each part and giving its functions in the box
corresponding to the part.

NOSE
NASAL
PASSAGES
ALVEOLI
OR AIR
SACS
TRACHEA
(WINDPIPE)
BRONCHI
BRONCHIOLES
Figure 2. The human respiratory system
NOSE: The first part of the respiratory system, it
is the entrance and exit of the exchanged gasses.

NASAL PASSAGES: Contains the nostrils and nasal
cavity, that cleanses the air we breathe through cilia
(nostrils) and acts as passageways.

TRACHEA (WINDPIPE): Pathway between the nasal passages
and the lungs.

BRONCHI: Two branches that separates the air into the two
lungs (right & left).


BRONCHIOLES: Are hair-like structures or tubes where tiny
air molecules pass.

ALVEOLI OR AIR SACS: Are bubble-like group of structure;
where oxygen is converted to CO
2.



Guide Questions
Q1. What does each part of the Bunch of Grapes model
represent, in relation to the breathing system?
Each part of the Bunch of Grapes model represents some parts
of the respiratory system, the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and
air sacs in particular.
Q2. How will you describe the pathway of oxygen in the breathing
system?
It enters through the nose, and goes to nasal passages, trachea,
the two bronchi, bronchioles, and lastly the air sacs.
Q3. What will happen if one part of the system fails to carry out
its function properly?
If one of these parts fails to carry its function properly, the
exchange of air molecules would be abnormal, for all these parts
have great contribution, and it would have incomplete,
disorganize process, that would affect the organism.

GROUP 2