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Wealth and Power: United States v. Microsoft

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore wealth and influence in the United States. In this Bill of Rights instructional activity, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the United States v. Microsoft...
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Musical Mysteries

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the components of sound and how it can be represented visually. A trip to a circus and a walk through a magical forest are used to encourage visualizations and creative thinking.
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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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Valentine Volley

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students choose one half of a heart and a balloon at random. Theybegin traveling on the teachers signal or when music begins to find someone who has the other half.
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Anatomy - What Are Coronary Arteries?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the basic function of the heart, identify blood vessels and coronary arteries. They identify good and bad health behaviors and discuss how these behaviors affect the heart. Students explore how the coronary...
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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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More about Arteries, Veins and Capillaries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students list and describe the purpose/function of blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries). They explain how blood flows through the body, and the role of physical activity and how it strengthens the heart.
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What is the Conduction System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners research the basic functions of the heart's conductin system. They identify good and bad health behaviors and explain how they affect the heart. They identify the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes, and identify the bundle...
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The Journey of a Red Blood Cell

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine how a red blood cell travels throughout the body. Using a model, they follow the flow of blood throughout the entire body. They identify the functions of the lungs and discuss the difference of the blood entering...
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Same or Different?

For Students K - 1st
In this same or different worksheet, learners circle the heart that is different from 3 others in a set of 5 rows of hearts.
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Art Appreciation

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explain that everyone has their own opinion about what they think is good art. They study images, then put a heart behind the one they like the best, the least and the one they think their mom or dad would like.
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Pulsating

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how activity and lack of activity has an effect on a persons' heart rate. They receive instruction and practice in taking and recording their pulse rate. Students also incorporate a variety of music while taking their...
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Collage

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct a unique collage that he or she believes represents his or her "SHAPE" (Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, Experiences).
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Valentine Hat

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create a valentine hat out of red construction paper and a paper towel tube. In this art lesson, students create a hat out of strips of red construction paper attached to the paper towel tube. Students glue hearts on the hat as...
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What's the Problem?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders redefine the problem of Where's the Heart of Florida? and begin to formulate possible solutions using graphic organizers.
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Freeze and Thaw Continuous Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars dressed as "Snow Angels" run from "Jack Frosts" until a "Heat Meister" comes to unthaw them. They play this tag game in order to increase their heart rate and warm-up the large muscles (and to have fun.)
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Elements of a Short Story

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars read a short story and then map out the elements of a short story using "Inspiration" software. They read 'Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allen Poe.
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Called By God

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils determine that each student is uniquely called by God to become a saint in the world. They observe that the Saints give us a model by which they followed Christ in this world. They realize that God's voice calls to them in the...
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Death Egyptian Style

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Egyptian burial, mummification and ceremonies. They create a mummy. Students role play the "Weighing of the Heart" ceremony. Students take a video quiz. They create a paragraph describing your afterlife if grave robbers...
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Do Some Research

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in various activities in which they must complete research. Individually, they draw a human heart and label each part along with its function. They use the internet to research an invention in Mesopotamia was...
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Natural Hazards Research Paper and Oral Presenation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the internet and look at a list of the world's countries and the natural hazards that impact them. They comprehend that it is sometimes called "Nature's Fury," each natural hazard has a heartbeat, a locational pattern,...
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February Friendship Bugs

For Teachers 1st
First graders select five behaviors from a class web that promote kindness and strengthen friendships. For this random acts of kindness lesson, 1st graders create friendship bugs with corresponding Kindness Tasks....
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Pulse Rates

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students answer the question, "How will the intensity of exercise effect your heart rate?", using physical workouts and AppleWorks, or similar spreadsheet program. This instructional activity can conclude with the creation of a graph of...
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Monitoring the Body's Reaction to Stress

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
When stressed, do you prefer the fight or flight response? Scholars observe, measure, and identify the body's response to stress using a well-researched methodology. They learn about the autonomic nervous system, hormones, and more.

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