Brief Description Objectives Materials and Resources Activity Description Internet Resources

• Grade Level: Upper Elementary - Middle School

• Subject Area: Science

Brief Description

    Students will use the internet and other resources to locate, read and summarize information relevant to the Heart.
Objectives

    Students will:

• Locate information on heart rate and the heart.
• Write the references (urls or title and author) and a brief paragragh about each related resource found.
• Direct their research, based on their conclusion.

Materials and Resources

• Library resources available for student use.

    In developing our lessons and activities, we made some assumptions about the hardware and software that would be available in the classroom for teachers who visit the LETSNet Website. We assume that teachers using our Internet-based lessons or activities have a computer (PC or Macintosh) with the necessary hardware components (mouse, keyboard, and monitor) as well as software (operating system, TCP/IP software, networking or dial-up software, e-mail and a World Wide Web client program, preferably Netscape, but perhaps Mosaic or Lynx). In the section below, we specify any "special" hardware or software requirements for a lesson or activity (in addition to those described above) and the level of Internet access required to do the activity.

1. Special hardware requirements: none.
2. Special software requirements: none.
3. Internet access: none.

Activity Description

• Review lesson three.

• Divide class into groups according to the number of computers available. Some students may wish to go to the library to look up information.

• Direct students to use available resources (some listed below) to research heart rate and a healthy heart.

• Write the references (urls or title and author) and a brief paragragh about each related resource found. Must have at least 5.

Internet Resources

• P.E. TV: Fit Tips & Facts
  [http://planetreebok.com/petvhrt.html]
  This site is sponcored by Reebok and includes: exercising in your target heart rate range, body composition, facts about diet & exercising and additional resources.

• Healthy Heart
  [http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/healthy/healthy.html]
  The prescription for a healthy heart is to exercise, mantain a good diet and keep your heart clean and drug-free.

• The Heart: A Virtual Exploration
  [http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html]
  Produced by the Franklin Institute. Enter and explore the heart. Discover the complexities of its development and structure. Follow the blood through the blood vessels. Wander through the weblike body systems. Learn how to have a healthy heart and how to monitor your heart's health. Look back at the history of heart science.

• IVI Presents The Total Heart
  [http://199.199.200.230/totalheart/html/total_heart.html]
  Mayo Clinicin conjunction with IVI Publishing introduce this comprehensive interactive guide to heart health and heart disease. The Total Heart CD-ROM is an interactive guide that offers practical advice on lifestyle, diet and other strategies proven to reduce the risk of heart disease. It also includes straight forward explanations of a wide range of cardiovascular diseases and conditions, symptoms, possible causes, medications and treatment options.

• PEN Pages
  [gopher://psupena.psu.edu:70/]
  The Pennsylvania Education Network pages offer background information about the heart.

• National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
  [gopher://fido.nhlbi.nih.gov:70/11/./educprog]
  Information and educational activities on smoking, blood pressure, asthma, obesity, and cholesterol.

• The Virtual Hospital
  [http://vh.radiology.uiowa.edu/]
  The University of Iowa's Virtual Hospital is overflowing with useful health information.

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