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In A Heartbeat

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss scatter plots then create a class scatter plot using their heart rate at rest and their heart rate after a few minutes of aerobic exercises. Students copy the points plotted as a class and create individual graphs...
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Pulse of Life

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students calculate their pulse rate and explore how heart rate is affected by various activities.
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Why Be Active?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Are there benefits to being physically active? Yes! There are both short-term and long-term benefits! Being physically active doesn't just have strengthen you physically, but also emotionally and socially. Learners find out how to...
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Twelve Days of Christmas Dancercise

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a dance routine set to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. They monitor their heart rate and learn a new song.
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The Beat Goes On

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students take their own pulse before and after exercise as they explore how the heart works. They research various ways that heart disease is treated and suggest specific treatment methods for their own imaginary patients.
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Keeping Healthy

For Students 4th - 5th
In this pulse rate worksheet, students look at the six pictures of the girl sleeping, jogging, reading, walking fast, sprinting, and walking slowly. Students then write the one of the pulse rates for each picture.
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Circulatory System

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students rotate through various physical activities checking their carotid pulse after each. This activity will give knowledge to students about health behaviors and understanding the exercise aspect of growth and development.
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Health - Respiration

For Teachers 4th
Here is an interesting and engaging lesson plan on the lungs and the respiratory system. In it, fourth graders should gain a better understanding of how the lungs work and the role they play in supporting life. Some good, in-class...
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Exploring Pulse & Rhythm

For Teachers K - 2nd
When we play music, we count beats both high and low. This introductory music activity explores tempo and rhythm. Learners will follow along as they clap to the beat, they clap high in the air and low. A very good introductory lesson.
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Heart Rate Monitor 1K

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils practice moving at an appropriate pace to maintain a target heart rate.
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Keeps on Pumping

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Partner Mile Run: Heart Rate Calculation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students improve fitness, calculate target heart rates and prepare for the mile run physical fitness test.
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How Can You Stay Fit?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify ways that cardiovascular fitness is achieved and maintained. In this cardiovascular health lesson, students discuss what aerobic exercise is and list various activities which address cardiovascular fitness. Students run...
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Pump It Up

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the anatomy and functions of a heart. For this heart study lesson, students read a book about the heart and study a plaster heart model. Students take their own pulse in various stages of rest as well as active...
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Circulation

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this circulatory system activity, students design an experiment to test the circulation of six of their friends. They select and exercise to increase circulation, take pulse and blood pressure readings from each person before and...
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The Effect of Math Anxiety on Cardiovascular Homeostasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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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Cardiac Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this health worksheet, high schoolers look for the connections needed to attain the knowledge of cardiac function. The sheet includes the background information.
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On the Sidelines

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate their pulse rate. They chart their resting pulse rate if they are unable to participate in Physical Education using a stop watch.
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Fitness Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners elevate their heart rate and work together in groups.
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Cardiovascular Homeostasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop and conduct an experiment to answer the question," How does cardiovascular exercise affect the pulse rate?". They record the changes to heart rate during different levels of exercise.
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Lightening the Load

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore a study of African women who are able to carry heavy loads by altering their gait; they then conduct experiments that study the relationship between exertion, weight and heart rate.
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Pacing & Cardiorespiratory Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how to pace themselves when running and to examine how heart rate relates to that.
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Health: How's Your Heart?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine human physiology by measuring heart rates and conditions that influence them. To determine the difference in heart rates, they take their pulses at rest and after jogging in place. Once the data is collected, students...
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What Is Blood and How It Circulates In and Out of the Heart

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore blood circulation. In this biology lesson plan, students learn what blood is and explain the circular movement of blood going into and out of the heart.