Heart Structure Use the picture to talk about the heart and its role of pumping blood throughout

the body. Then go through and take turns and have each kid connect the names to each box. (My group did this last time and it worked well, definitely help them though cause this is hard.) If you dont like this idea have them draw the heart instead instead.

R. Ventricle L. Ventricle R. Atrium L. Atrium Super Vena Cava

Inferior Vena Cava Aorta L. Pulmonary Artery R. Pulmonary Artery L. Pulmonary Veins

Listening to Heart Sounds When you get the Ipod, there are 8 different heart sounds on (9 total, the easy normal one is repeated at the end so they leave with knowing the normal beart). Make sure the volume is up all the way on the speakers and Ipod, and ask them to be real quiet! Listen to the each heart sound for as long as you feel needed, then ask if it is a normal heart or not. Do this for each heart sound so that by the end they have learned what a normal heart sounds like! Here are what the abnormal heart sounds are if you want to explain them. Mitral Regurgitation- disorder of the heart in which the mitral valve does not close properly when the heart pumps out blood. It is the abnormal leaking of blood from the left ventricle, through the mitral valve, and into the left atrium, when the left ventricle contracts, i.e. there is regurgitation of blood back into the left atrium. MR is the most common form of heart valve disease. Pulmonary Stenosis- dynamic or fixed obstruction of flow from the right ventricle of the heart to the pulmonary artery. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood. Pulmonic stenosis is usually due to isolated valvular obstruction. It may occur in association with more complicated congenital heart disorders. Aortic Regurgitation- leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. Aortic Stenosis- opening of the aortic valve is narrowed. The aortic valve is the valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta, which is the largest artery in the body and carries the entire output of blood. *** Definitions taken from Wikipedia

Circulatory System

The Circulatory System is responsible for transporting materials throughout the entire body. It transports nutrients, water, and oxygen to your billions of body cells and carries away wastes such as carbon dioxide that body cells produce. It is an amazing highway that travels through your entire body connecting all your body cells. Circulatory System is made up of the heart, blood and vessels. Blood- contains RBCs, WBCs, Platelets, Plasma

 Your blood is pumped by your heart. Your blood travels through thousands of miles of blood vessels right within your own body. Your blood carries nutrients, water, oxygen and waste products to and from your body cells. A young person has about a gallon of blood. An adult has about 5 quarts. Your blood is not just a red liquid but rather is made up of liquids, solids and small amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen rich blood AWAY from the heart. Remember, A A Arteries Away, A A Arteries Away, A A Arteries Away. Capillaries are tiny blood vessels as thin or thinner than the hairs on your head. Capillaries connect arteries to veins. Food substances(nutrients), oxygen and wastes pass in and out of your blood through the capillary walls. Veins carry blood back toward your heart. AMAZING FACTS One drop of blood contains a half a drop of plasma, 5 MILLION Red Blood Cells, 10 Thousand White Blood Cells and 250 Thousand Platelets. You have thousands of miles of blood vessels in your body. "Bill Nye the Science Guy" claims that you could wrap your blood vessels around the equator TWICE! Keep your heart healthy...it's going to have to beat about 3 BILLION times during your lifetime!

Blood Pressure Listen to BP and explain science behind it: Help the kids listen to each others, or your own blood pressure. It will probably be easier to take your own BP. To explain each beat and the science behind BP readings: show them a loosely closed fist. Then tighten your fist, this is the systolic beat. Open your fist back up, this is the diastolic beat. If you think it will help, do the lub-dub with each opening and closing of your fist to help them match the sounds with the hearts contractions. Explain what each beat means. Systolic - When your heart beats, it contracts and pushes blood through the arteries to the rest of your body. This force creates pressure on the arteries. This is called systolic blood pressure. A normal systolic blood pressure is below 120. A systolic blood pressure number of 140 or higher is considered to be hypertension, or high blood pressure. Diastolic- The diastolic blood pressure number or the bottom number indicates the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats. A normal diastolic blood pressure number is less than 80. A diastolic blood pressure number of 90 or higher is considered to be hypertension or high blood pressure. Go over risks of having high blood pressure, factors that increase BP, and ways that can help lower BP. Risks of High BP: Factors that Raise BP: Ways to Lower BP: Stroke Alcohol Diet: Increase Heart disease Smoking vegetables, omega-3 Heart attack Genetics fats (salmon), Decrease Kidney failure Non-activity sat fat, salt, smoking, & Eye problems High fat/salt diet alcohol Overweight Exercise Lose weight
***Info from WebMD