Heart

Introduction 

 Watch a four-minute video, " How to Feel Your Heart Beat ", or 7-minute video, " How Your Heart Works ". 

 Activity 1 

 The heart moves about 5 litres of blood per minute. Have the child use a scoop to move water from one container to the other to see if she can beat a 1-minute timer. 

 Activity 2 

 People have heart attacks when fat fills up their arteries so blood can't flow through. Practice fractions by using playdough "fat" to block toilet roll "arteries" - half, a third, a quarter, three-quarters, et cetera. 

 

 Lunch Snack 

 The Gaelic word for tomato is "ubhal-chrìdhe", or "heart-apple". Dissect the tomato "heart" by making a salsa (tomatoes, onion, lemon juice, garlic, and a pinch of sugar and pepper) and eating it with corn chips. Finish the meal by making grape "heart" kebabs. 

 

 Activity 3 

 Make a heart pumping simulator .