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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Mediterranean Diets Keep You Happier

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Mediterranean Diets Keep You Happier," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Fit to Print?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate how newspapers are constructed and evaluate the extent to which newspapers serve their readers' interests.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

River Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study physical features of a local stream. They study how to identify water features on topographic maps.
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Curated OER

Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Heart Rate and Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson middle schoolers will measure their heart rates after a variety of physical activities and compare the results with their resting heart rates, and with the heart rates of other students in their groups.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Heart Rate Recovery Times

For Students 9th - 10th
After exercise, your heart rate increases, this is normal for everyone. However this experiment asks whether the recovery time for a heart's beating rate is faster for people who get regular exercise versus those that do not.
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic:target Heart Rate Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Check your target heart rate for safe and effective exercise according to your age and health status in this interactive heart rate calculator
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Day in the Life of Your Heart

For Students 3rd - 5th
Heart rates can be determined by the amount of physical activity your body is engaging in. The more physically active you are, the faster your heart beats. You can measure the rate your heart is beating by taking your pulse. This science...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Caffeine and Heart Rate: A Pharmacological Study Using Daphnia

For Students 9th - 10th
In this project, water fleas (Daphnia magna), a semi-transparent freshwater crustacean, are used to study the effects of caffeine on heart rate. You do not have to learn how to take a crustacean's pulse though, because you can actually...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Heart Rate and Body Position

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students can use a Heart Rate Monitor to measure their heart rate while sitting, lying down, and standing. They will analyze the data collected to determine the effect of body position on heart rate.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Heart Health: How Does Heart Rate Change With Exercise?

For Students 6th - 8th
Your heart starts beating before you are born and keeps right on going through your whole life. Over an average lifetime, the human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. Keeping your heart healthy means eating right, not smoking, and...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Heartbeat of Mother Earth

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Heartbeat of Mother Earth" by CR Willing McManis, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sci Girls: Heart to Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, learners compare ways to measure their heart rates. They will build their own stethoscopes and learn how exercise affects heart rate.
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Article
Rice University

Rice University: Intro. To Heart Rate Monitors

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, entitled "Intro. to Heart Rate Monitors," discusses how your heart rate is maintained by your body, and how heart rate monitors work.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Heart Rate Monitoring

For Teachers 8th
In this task, 8th graders are asked to draw a graph that represents heart rate as a function of time from a verbal description of that function. Then they use the graph to draw conclusions about the context. Aligns with 8.F.B.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Lets Net: Heart Rate

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this experiment, students will compare heart-rates of classmates and family member to draw conclusions about their data. Students can collect data and collaborate with others on the Internet to broaden their sample size. Lesson...
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Unit Plan
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Your Heart and Lungs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about your heart and lungs as you journey through this human gallery. Animations, videos, lessons and links to new technologies are included.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Amazing Heart Facts

For Students 6th - 8th
This feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" highlights facts about the heart, including its size and placement, and will help you to understand the importance of this wondrous organ in our bodies.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of the Heart and Circulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit teachers will evaluate student's current understanding of the heart and circulatory system through a pre-assessment. They will develop group concept maps and then repeat the assessment. Teachers can compare their prior...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Nova Online: Amazing Heart Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
This concise PBS NOVA site contains interesting facts about the heart and how it works.
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Interactive
About Kids Health

About Kidshealth: The Normal Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the normal heart including how it works and the parts of the heart.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Heartbeat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Heartbeat" by Sharon Creech. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Interactive
Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Anatomy of the Human Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an interactive tour of the human heart. Click on each part of the illustration to read more information about each structure.
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Website
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Biology of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual describes the human heart and shows how the heart pumps blood. Includes interactive 3D models.

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