Healthy Hearts
Updated: April 6, 2004
Integrating health and physical education curriculum, students use heart-rate monitors, biofeedback machines, nutrition software and pedometers to learn about heart health and their own personal responses to nutrition and exercise. Students empower others to make healthy heart decisions by sharing their work at a community health fair.
“The health fair turned out to be one of the most positive experiences of this whole project... We want to design a curriculum that involves families more regularly in order to have a greater impact on the health of our larger community.”
Hilary Lampard, Thorp School
Objectives
| • | Learn about good and bad nutrition for heart health. |
| • | Understand the potential impact of different activities on the heart. |
| • | Study specific anatomical and physiological features of a healthy heart. |
| • | Compare positive and negative life choices as they relate to a healthy heart. |
Learning Areas
| • | Health |
| • | Physical Education |
Levels
Software
| • | Microsoft® Office (Word and PowerPoint) |
| • | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
| • | Microsoft Encarta® Encyclopedia |
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