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Anatomy of the Heart

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the different parts of the heart. For this biology lesson, 10th graders perform dissection of the fetal pig. They explain how the heart maintains homeostasis.
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The Tell Tale Heart

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore storytelling by listening to a reading of a classic poem.  In this language arts instructional activity, 8th graders listen to an audio recording of Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart.  Students...
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Exercise What Can I Do For My Heart?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders comprehend the benefits of daily physical activity and are taught the factors that affect physical performance. They relate ways that aerobic exercise strengthens and improves the efficiency of the heart and lungs. ...
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Heart Attacks Puzzle

For Students 4th - 7th
For this heart attacks word search puzzle, learners identify terms relating to the heart. Examples are angina, blood, veins, and pulse. A list of 44 words are provided to assist students in their search.
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Exploring the Circulatory System: Getting to the Heart of It All

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study how the heart functions and its parts.  In this circulatory system activity students learn how to take their pulse, blood pressure and respiration. 
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All About the Heart Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this "All About the Heart" quiz worksheet, students interactively answer 5 questions about heart health, with the option of printing the quiz.
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Academic Raceway: The Telltale Heart

For Teachers 7th - 10th
This literature study PowerPoint summarizes and reviews the key points of the book, The Telltale Heart. The slides display a mock raceway where students must answer questions about the text in order to complete the raceway. This is an...
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Measuring the Effect of Adrenaline on the Heart Rate of Zebra Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the heart beat of zebra fish in timed intervals. They record the heart beats and average three counts to display in their data tables. They repeat these steps increasing the adrenaline solution.
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Conversation Hearts Graph: Valentine's Day

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this graphing conversation hearts worksheet, learners sort and count the colors of candy hearts, and determine which color had the most and least numbers. Students answer eight questions.
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Heart Two Letter Sight Words: Lift the Flap Book

For Students K - 1st
In this sight word flap book, students cut out and color 20 pages with two letter sight words and assemble them into a mini book. Students read the sight words, one page at a time. The book has a heart theme.
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Why Be Active?

For Teachers K - 5th
What are some of the benefits of physical activity? Young learners take a look at not just the physical benefits, but also the emotional and social benefits of being physically active. There is a heart rate activity to count their...
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Comparing Two Poe Classics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart. In this poetry lesson, students construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two pieces of literature.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 10th - 12th
Quiz your class with a review of the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. These reading comprehension questions cover a breadth of ideas but aren't overly detailed. Questions come from The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The...
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The Science of Respiration and Blood Circulation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study how respiration and circulation are connected.  In this respiratory activity students complete several activities to better understand heart rate and carbon dioxide in the body. 
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Crazy Frog Dance

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Teach your young learners some basic line dance steps. Get them moving to increase their heart rates and to have fun. This dance consists of a few steps and there is a part that is for free-style moves. While the written description is...
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Biology in Motion

The Cardiovascular System

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When resting, blood goes from the heart to the lungs and back in about six seconds. An animation of the heart starts simply by showing blood flow through the two halves. It builds in complexity slowly over the course of five slides,...
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Vertebrate Circulatorium

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When you get to the heart of the matter, you learn a lot about an organism by studying its circulatory system! A perfect resource for a zoology or anatomy class, the simulation gives users a peek inside a variety of vertebrates to...
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Under the Dome

Sweet Tart Hearts Revisited

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Use fractions to estimate candy counts. After watching a video of emptying a bag of candies into a glass, individuals estimate the number of candies of each color. The teacher provides the class with additional information to help answer...
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Heart coloring page

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
In this heart worksheet, students color a picture of a heart. Students color this picture and then they can cut it out or do other art activities with it.
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Valentine Heart: Color the Picture by Letter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this coloring a heart worksheet, students follow the letter key to color a large heart. Students will use the colors red, pink and purple. This is a large heart but there is no reference to Valentine's Day.
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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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Graphing Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students take their pulse rates. In this graphing lesson plan, students take their pulse rates and graph them. Students do various physical activities and graph the differences in their pulse rates.
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Heart Day

For Teachers K - 5th
This is a nice idea to introduce elementary learners to the importance of heart fitness. They will see first hand by doing some dancing how the heart beats differently and discuss which way is better to get the heart in shape. This is an...
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Heart to Heart

For Teachers 5th
Candy conversation hearts make writing a sweet pastime. Fifth graders write narratives demonstrating a complete thought and correct punctuation. The trick here is that they must use the words on five candy conversation hearts as part of...

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