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Getting to the Heart of Valentine's Day With Art Lessons

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Valentine's day inspires not just love, but art too! Teachers can find ideas for Valentine's Day activities for all grade levels.
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Healthy Hearts

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students focus on advanced technologies used to treat disease impacting the cardiopulmonary system; they then reflect on the experiences of having and overcoming illnesses.
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In the Heart of Your City

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the changes in the community described in "Still a Contender on the Waterfront" and evaluate how the history of a city can be seen, regardless of changes, in a city as it exists today.
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Letters from the Heart: Designing for the Other 90% of the World's Population

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore varied aspects of the design process and learn that most products are designed to reach the worlds wealthiest 10%. In this lesson plan, students work in groups to learn ways in which designers are attempting to rectify...
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George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this George Washington lesson, students research the details of Washington's military successes, his role at the Constitutional Convention, and his...
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How Muscles Work

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this heart muscle activity, learners analyze two pictures of people in action. Students label the pictures with "contracting muscle" or "relaxing muscle". Learners study two more pictures of muscle movement and label each one...
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Where Does the Blood Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate where the blood in our hearts travels by observing a diagram in class.  In this cardiovascular activity, students examine their own heart by checking their pulse in class.  Students investigate a human body...
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Go With the Flow

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students name and locate the major areas and structures of the heart and trace the pathway of the blood through the heart, lungs, and body.
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X-rays

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine chest x-rays of adults and students and learn what an X-ray illustrates. They also explore the limitations to X-ray technology for use in diagnosing heart and lung ailments.
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The Racing Heart

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders locate their own pulse rate from their carotid or radial artery, and graph their pulse rates after completing various exercise activities. They graph their data on a pie graph using Microsoft Excel software.
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Keeps on Pumping

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Today's Specials

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this healthy heart nutrition worksheet, students substitute heart-healthy foods for the high cholesterol choices shown. The purpose is to encourage nutritious choices.
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The Circulatory System

For Students 5th - 6th
For this circulatory system worksheet, students read a paragraph about the function of the different organs that make up the circulatory system. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the basic anatomy and functions of the cardiovascular system. They identify parts of the cardiovascular system according to the levels of organization. In addition, they trace the path of a blood cell through the...
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Diving, Flying, & Climbing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Boyle's Law. In this Boyle's Law lesson, students complete problems involving Boyle's Law. They examine the effects of Boyle's Law upon the human body. Students use the Internet to complete a lab activity.
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Giving and Sharing Gifts From the Heart

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars discover the value of sharing and giving. In this philanthropic lesson, students create a storybook, then present it to preschoolers or the elderly, and leave them with the book and other gifts.
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Grab the Candy Hearts

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this candy activity, learners play the game Grab the Candy for Valentine's Day where they roll dice to find ordered pairs on a graph and place the candy inside that square. Students play until all candy is gone and use the scoring...
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PhysioEx: Cardiovascular Dynamics

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
For this anatomy worksheet, students complete 10 fill in the blank questions about an online physiology of circulation virtual experiment.
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Heart Message- Write the Word That Completes the Sentence

For Students 4th - 6th
In this heart health fill in the blank activity, student use words from a word bank to complete sentences about heart health. They take a circled letter from each word to make a new word that is a "heart message."
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Woven Heart Baskets

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create "woven heart baskets using construction paper or gift wrap and basic art supplies in this upper-elementary art instructional activity for Valentine's Day. The instructional activity includes a short materials list and...
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Blood & Heart

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms that pertain to the heart and blood in the human body. There are 51 anatomy and physiology terms located in the word search.
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Circulatory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Excellent diagrams, labels and summaries make this resource be valuable to your students throughout the topic of circulation. All types of circulation vessels are explained, their structure and function is detailed, and the overall...
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Denial on Trial

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What is the "Faurisson Affair”? What is “Holocaust Revisionism”? What does freedom of speech entail? Do revisionists have a right to voice their ideas? Such questions are at the heart of a richly detailed, thought provoking lesson...
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Applying Properties to Variables

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders combine like terms in this properties of variables lesson plan. Using named items (stars, moons and hearts), they combine like terms using variables. They use the distributive property to combine like terms. Finally, they...

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