Man Receives Pig's Heart

That's News to Me

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring modified content from The Washington Post, students read about the transplantation of a pig's heart into a human. In addition to comprehension and discussion questions, this lesson includes a video.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading

Vocabulary

transplant
experimental
confined
irregular
gene
tissue
organ
insert
A spinning paper plane