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February Is American Heart Month
Since 1963, February has been proclaimed “American Heart Month” as part of the effort to stop cardiovascular disease, the United States’ number one killer. Take time this month to learn more about your heart and your body’s cardiovascular system with a variety of lessons, interactives, and resources from the Thinkfinity Content Partners.
How Big is Your Heart?
Use comparisons between the dimensions of your fist and the size of your heart to make a model of the heart.
Grades PK-2 | Mathematics
Show your heart is in the right place by making a change jar and saving your coins for a good cause.
Grades PK-6 | Literacy
Review the information about one type of artificial heart to learn how it was designed to function like a natural human heart.
K-12 | History | Science
This two-part unit demonstrates the connections between science and math as students collect, organize and interpret data involving heart rates.
Grades 3-5 | Mathematics | Science
After reading and discussing facts about the heart, students will solve problems using heart data and then develop their own heart-related problems for others to solve.
Grades 6-8 | Mathematics | Science
Make predictions as you listen to the short story by Edgar Allan Poe and develop a response to the work in the form of a poem or comic strip.
Grades 6-8 | Language Arts
Review what scientists and health professionals know about high blood pressure and its relationship to heart disease and stroke as you explore the information in this online booklet, part of The Science Inside series.
Grades 6-8 | Science
How can a worm with no heart provide scientists with important clues to a deadly heart reaction to drugs? Listen to this Science Update podcast to find out.
Grades 6-12 | Science
Try your hand at correctly locating the heart and other organs of the body using this interactive human body tool.
Grades 6-12 | Science
Combine the art of Edward Hopper with fiction by Raymond Carver in this lesson that helps students write from the point of view of a character in a painting.
Grades 9-12 | Reading | Art
Use online resources and begin a journey into your heart as you learn about its anatomy, test your heart knowledge with an interactive game, and consider the merits of heart transplants from various perspectives.
Grades 9-12 | Science
Examine how changes in lifestyle and diet from prehistoric to modern times have affected our hearts and brought about new treatment methods.
Grades 9-12 | Science
