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Have a Heart!

Teaching Theme of the Week

from Education World®

This Internet scavenger hunt helps students learn about the human heart.

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Printable Copy for Students ( PDF, 239K)

Directions: February is Heart Month; it is a month filled with heart shapes, heart candies, heart activities, and sweethearts. February is also a good month to learn about your own heart. Explore the Web site provided to learn about the human heart. Then read the sentences below. Each sentence contains words or numbers in bold type. Which of those words or numbers correctly completes the sentence? Circle the correct word or number.

Web Resources:
Let's Learn About Your Heart

Each day, your heart beats about 100,000/10,000 times.
Your arms/ribs help protect your heart if you fall or get hit in the chest.
To keep your heart healthy, you should exercise for 1/2 hour / 1 hour every day.
The heart is the strongest gland/muscle in the body.
Your heart is about the same size as your fist/head.

Something to Think About: What are some things you can do to keep your heart healthy?

Learn More: Go to The Virtual Body and choose a language -- English or Español. Click Human Heart and learn about the parts of the heart and how the heart works. Then print and label this heart anatomy diagram.

Answer Key

100,000
ribs
1/2 hour
muscle
fist