Hearts are everywhere for Valentine’s Day—a perfect time to learn more about this vital organ in the human body. Young readers will participate in activities to check their heart rate, understand the importance of nutrition and exercise to maintain a healthy heart, and learn how the heart transports oxygen throughout the body.
In this issue students will:
- read facts about the human heart
- follow directions to measure their heart rate as they exercise
- understand the importance of healthy food choices
- use the newspaper to locate rhyming words
- conduct a poll and summarize results
- use the internet to learn about good and bad fats
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