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What's the Big News?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate healthy eating by choosing a variety of foods.  In this personal health instructional activity, students read the story Big News! Straight from the Heart, and discuss which characters ate which foods....
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The Effect of Math Anxiety on Cardiovascular Homeostasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the effect stress due to test anxiety may have on the heart. As part of the experiment, students hypothesize, collect data, graph data, analyze data and formulate an understanding of their personal level of stress and...
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Body Systems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils view a video, they summarize the function or job of each body system. They are asked why is it important that athletes in training or a person who wants to tone muscles or stay healthy should comprehend how the systems could help...
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Teach Engineering

The Mighty Heart

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Have your class follow the step-by-step directions in this resource to dissect a sheep heart and gain a better understanding of this amazing organ. Working in small groups, pupils look for specific parts of the heart during their...
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NOAA

Microfriends

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Is there medicine found in the organisms that live deep below the surface of the ocean? The fifth lesson in a six-part series has learners team up to research bacteria and the relationship it has with nearly every living thing on Earth....
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Cross-Curricular Games

For Teachers K - 8th
Students participate in exploring and examining several cross-curricular, hands-on games that encourage active learning and exercise at the same time. They assess games like Freeze Tag, Parts of Speech games and a healthy heart game, etc.
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Health Related Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Emphasize the five fitness components to your class, in order to teach them how to live a healthy lifestyle:  strength, endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, and body composition. Your class can create their own web...
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National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

A Healthy Retirement?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Do men and women experience heart disease the same way? High school and college-level biologists examine a case study about a woman, Nancy, who is experiencing intermittent health issues; looking at her diet, exercise, and lifestyle...
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Mascil Project

Sports Physiology and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If I want to build up my heart, where should I start? Science scholars use statistics in a sports physiology setting during an insightful experiment. Groups measure resting and active heart rates and develop a scatter plot that shows the...
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Stanford University

A Healthy You

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Go beyond counting calories with a healthy eating unit that focuses on reading nutritional labels, making healthy choices, and incorporating fitness into daily life. After four lessons about the different ways kids can improve their...
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NOAA

Watch the Screen!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can a sponge cure cancer? Life science pupils visit the drugstore under the sea in the fifth activity of six. Working groups research the topic then get hands-on experience by testing the inhibiting effects of several plant extracts...
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Jogging Journal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students keep a journal of their time and distance in running or walking. This helps them see their progress and explain the value of improving cardiovascular endurance.
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Are You Susceptible?

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students play a game to explore the relationship between genetic variation and environmental factors in the onset of heart disease. They consider the implications for disease prevention of increased knowledge about genetic variation.
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Circulation and Respiration

For Students 7th - 8th
In this circulation and respiration worksheet, students complete 3 fill in the blank questions and one short answer question about the different parts of the cardiovascular system.
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Musical Hoops

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to the five health related concepts, muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, body composition and flexibility through a game of musical hoops which incorporates math operations.
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The Whole Trut about Whole Grain Breads

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students comprehend the nutrition benefits whole grain breads. They explore how to overcome the common barriers to eating whole grain bread. Students investigate how to choose and store whole grain breads. They comprehend the...
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Aerobic Bowling

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a bowling game for accuracy, speed and cardiovascular exercise. In this bowling aerobics lesson, students race in teams to underhand throw a bowling ball accurately. Students calculate their points in the game.
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Here's to Your Healthy Heart: Heart Rate Record Work Sheet

For Students 5th - 12th
In this heart rate record work sheet, students record their pulse rate after completing different levels of exercise. Students record their hear rate after walking, doing jumping jacks and running at one minute intervals.
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Montana Office of Public Instruction

Eat Smart Be Smart

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Get children's blood pumping with this primary grade lesson on the human heart. After learning about the important role this muscle plays in the human body, students monitor their heart rates and discover the importance of...
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Laguna Middle School

Personal Physical Fitness Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Sticking to a physical fitness plan can be tricky. Support young athletes' personal fitness goals with a helpful and strategie lesson plan. They reflect on their daily habits through a pre-assessment and questionnaire, create short...
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Teach Engineering

Model Heart Valves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Small groups use the knowledge learned about the heart to design and build a prototype of an artificial heart valve. The teams demonstrate the functionality of their valve. They are also responsible for creating a pamphlet that describes...
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Twin Cities Medical Society

Should I Talk to My Kids about Vaping?

For Parents K - 12th
Enlist parents and guardians in an anti-vaping campaign with an infographic that offers suggestions for how to talk with their students about e-cigarettes and e-liquids. The visual includes information about the dangers of vaping as well...
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S&S Worldwide

Fitness Challenge

For Students K - 12th
Don't be a couch potato! Get up and moving with a February 2018 calendar that suggests daily exercises that will get your feet walking and your heart pumping. There's even a special challenge for Super Bowl Sunday.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Smoking: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Light up middle schoolers' understanding of the monetary and health costs of smoking with two activities. First, class members calculate how much a smoker would spend in a year if they smoke a pack a week or a day. They then explore...

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