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Risk Factors, Symptoms, Prevention

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the importance of life style choices in keeping good heart health.  In this cardiovascular lesson plan students complete activities that allow them to better understand risk factors and prevention of getting...
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Brushing Teeth Halts Heart Disease

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the causes and effects of Heart Disease. In this ESL Current Events lesson, 9th graders read an article on Heart Disease. Students complete guided questions on the reading.
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Healthy Heart

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experiment with their pulse rate. They investigate a beef heart and locate the route of blood flow and the chambers and discuss the function of each chamber. They discuss the circulatory system and compare theirs to the...
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Cardiovascular Disease and Fitness: Exploring the Rhythm of Your Pulse

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore several examples of cardiovascular diseases. In this anatomy lesson plan, students explain why physical fitness is very important. They count their pulse rate and record them on a data table.
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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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Blood Circulation Simulation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Act out the circulation of blood in the body with an innovative activity. Kids act as either body parts or blood, and carry necessary nutrients and waste throughout different stations to represent the way that oxygen circulates. 
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What Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and classify them according to whether or not they are controllable. They discover how to reduce the probability of high blood pressure through diet and exercise.
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Assessing My Fitness Level (Being the Best I Can Be)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the five components of physical fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. They monitor heart rates, calculate target heart ranges, and assess levels of...
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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 worksheet, 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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Living by the Code

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain why new drugs are needed to treat cardiovascular disease, cancer, inflammation, and infections. They infer why some marine invertebrates are promising sources of new drugs, explaining the process in which cells...
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Observing Atherosclerosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils develop a model to visually observe the change in blood flow rates between healthy and unhealthy arteries. They calculate data that they have collected and graph their results. They determine the relationships the flow of blood...
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Geographical Distance Skating

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students get a cardiovascular workout while applying geographical concepts and processes by keeping track of mileage traveled from location to location until reaching the state capital.
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What's Up, Doc?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore cardiovascular fitness and create and follow a fitness program. They document the benefits of participating in a fitness program.
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Jogging Chicken Dance

For Teachers K - 4th
Students engage in a light cardiovascular instant activity while actively listening for audible cues.
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"UNO" Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students increase cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength. "UNO" cards are used. Each card is matched up with an exercise.
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Spark Activity: VIP Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners play VIP tag. In this physical education lesson plan, students practice their cardiovascular endurance and agility as they follow the provided directions to play VIP tag.
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Volleyball Work It Out

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice volleyball skill-related activities while working on cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
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Healthy Happy heart Booklet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete activity pages in a book to demonstrate their understanding of a healthy heart.
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Easter Egg Hunt

For Teachers K - 5th
Students increase cardiovascular endurance and develop the components of health related fitness.
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Team Marathon

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop cardiovascular fitness. They discover a safe level of pacing while running and add up their laps with the members of their team to get a "team total." That total is marked on the chart each day that they have P.E. class.
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating habits...
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Heart Beating Exercise

For Teachers K
Students examine video clips and websites that explore the heart. They find and take their pulse while at rest and after exercising. They discuss foods which are good and bad for heart health.
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Get Your Ball

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use a ball to improve their dribbling skills, defensive and offensive strategies, cardiovascular fitness, and cooperation. In this ball handling lesson, students try to grab the ball and trap it from their partner. Partners try...
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The Abc's of Healthy Eating

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine healthy eating as it relates to physical and mental health. For this the abc's of healthy eating lesson, students discuss the effects of unhealthy eating habits. Students examine the My Pyramid Food Guidance System...