 On
Valentine's Day, as on most other in-school holidays, excited students
can create a classroom atmosphere that wreaks havoc with the learning
process. Don't fight it! Join in the spirit -- with activities that celebrate
the day without sacrificing instruction.
It's Valentine's Day, and your high-spirited students are more concerned
with how many cards they've received -- and from whom -- than with the
number of elements in the periodic table or with memorizing multiplication
tables. Have a heart! Help them celebrate the day with these "heart-y"
activities.
Need a "quick-tivity?" Ask your students to think of as many
compound words containing the word heart that they can.
A brief description of each activity appears below. Click any headline
for a complete teaching resource!
Circulatory System Travel
Brochures
Students create brochures describing a trip through the human circulatory
system. (Grades 6-12)
Build an Oxygen Plant
Students create models of an oxygen-delivery system and relate it to
the function of the human circulatory system. (Grades 6-12)
Heart Art
Students make Valentine mobiles. (Grades K-5)
A Knife to the Heart
Students investigate the history of heart surgery and create a time
line showing the most important breakthroughs in cardiac medicine. (Grades 6-12)
Run the Circulatory System Relay
Students participate in a relay race through the circulatory system. (Grades 6-12)
The Heartbreaking Puzzle
Students assemble and reassemble pieces from a heart-shaped puzzle to form a variety of geometric shapes. (Grades 3-8)
The
Heart: An Online Exploration
The Franklin Museum Online provides this tour of the human heart.
Collection
of Murmurs, Defects and Others
Sounds of healthy and abnormal heartbeats.
Article by Linda Starr
Education World®
Copyright © 2007 Education World
Originally published 02/08/2002
Last updated 01/30/2007
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