Treasure
Your Heart
Pupil
Resources
Helping Hearts through the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease
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Resource List
RS_01 Polly’s wordsearch key stage 1 (goes with answer sheet RS_0 ans)
RS_02 Polly’s wordsearch key stage 2 (goes with answer sheet RS_02 ans)
RS_03 Instant pirate costume
RS_04 Design your own flag
RS_05 Captain Hartley
RS_06 Captain Hartley’s word scramble (goes with answer sheet RS_06 ans)
RS_07 Get counting (goes with answer sheet RS_07 ans)
RS_08 Pirate Sudoku (goes with answer sheet RS_08 ans)
RS_09 Build a ship for the Captain
RS_10 Pirate dot to dot
RS_11 Spot the difference (goes with answer sheet RS_11 ans)
RS_12 Who is the pirate with the heart of gold?
RS_13 Pirate songs and poems
RS_14 Pirate problem solving (goes with answer sheet RS_14 ans)
RS_15 Captain Hartley’s charting challenge (goes with answer sheet RS_15 ans)
RS_16 Pirate diary (goes with answer sheet RS_16 ans)
RS_17 Eat a rainbow
RS_18 Do you know your fruit and veg?
RS_19 Make up a pack up (goes with answer sheet RS_19 ans)
RS_20 Captain Hartley’s fruit and veg maths (goes with answer sheet RS_20 ans)
RS_21 A pinch of salt (goes with answer sheet RS_21 ans)
RS_22 Hearty activity sheet
RS_23 Captain Hartley’s pirate exercise maths (goes with answer sheet RS_23 ans)
RS_24 Pirate exercise coins
RS_25 “Wake up and shake up, pirates”
RS_26 Captain Hartley’s pirate maths (goes with answer sheet RS_26 ans)
RS_27 What’s in a cigarette? (goes with answer sheet RS_27 ans)
RS_28 Pumping heart basics and instructions (goes with answer sheet RS_28b ans)
RS_29 Pumping heart with scientific terms and instructions (goes with answer sheet
RS_29b ans)
RS_30 Your heart is an amazing muscle
RS_31 Comprehension exercise (goes with answer sheet RS_31 ans)
RS_32 Captain Hartley’s pirate quiz (goes with answer sheet RS_32 ans)
Key Stage 1
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Design your own flag
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Heart Research UK’s healthy heart expert Hartley wants to sail the seven seas as a
pirate and spread the healthy heart message.
Can you help transform Hartley into a Pirate?
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RAOTA
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is the largest artery in the body. It is
connected to the heart and pumps
oxygenated blood away from it.
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EGOYNX
this is found in the blood and we
need it for respiration
SVEIN
brings de-oxygenated blood back
to the heart
REIARTSE
takes blood away from the heart
to other parts of the body
TALS
some people add this to their meals
and we should be eating less of it
URGAS
is found in chocolates and sweets
and we should be eating less of these
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eat this type of fish twice a week.
Examples include salmon, mackerel
kippers, sardines and fresh tuna.
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Heart Research UK
Suite 12D
Joseph’s Well
Leeds
LS3 1AB
Tel 0113 2347474
Registered Charity
Number 1044821
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apples, bananas, mangoes and pears are
all types of this delicious food
eat plenty of these along with fruit
to get your 5-A-day
keep your heart healthy by doing
this for 60 minutes every day
there are over 4000 horrible
chemicals in cigarettes which can
harm the heart.
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Get counting
Count all the objects
in the picture and write the number
below the picture….
KS1 pirate fun
Hartley’s hiding in lots of places on this page
How many Hartleys can you find? He looks like this —>
If you find him, please give him a circle.
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Pirate Sudoku
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Fill in the grid so every row and
3x2 square has one of these pirate objects
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Can you draw me a big
pirate ship so I can sail away
and find that treasure?
Build a ship for the Captain
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PIRATE DOT TO DOT
Who’s hiding in this picture?
Join the dots from 1 to 44 in the right order to find
out.
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Now tidy him up
and give him
some colourful
feathers
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Are you a pirate with a
beady eye?
Can you spot the difference?
There are 15 in all, me
hearty.
Spot the difference
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Who is the pirate with a heart
of gold?
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As a pirate, you are expected
to sing your heart out matey...
get cracking,
or you’ll be left at sea.
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Pirate songs and poems
Can you write a poem, song or story about pirates or about
being healthy? Here are some ideas to get you started.
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lots of fish in the sea
lots of omega-3 for you and me
put sardines, mackerel, salmon
and fresh tuna on yer plate
that’s the way to keep
your heart in a fit state
Pirate problem solving
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Can you solve this problem without
scratching your head like a pirate would?
See how far you can get without a
calculator.
1. Long John Silver’s ship has a good wind
and covers 1800 miles in 3 days.
What is his speed?
…………….miles per day
that’s ….…….miles per hour
2. C’ptain Hartley’s streamlined ship cuts the
water even in a light breeze and manages
3600 miles in 5 days.
What is his speed?
…………….miles per day
that’s…….…miles per hour
3. Who is the fastest?...........................
How long will it take the fastest ship to
reach Treasure Island which is 7200
Miles away?
………..hours OR ………….days
Well done matey.
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Ahoy there matey. Captain Hartley uses
co-ordinates to help him find treasure. Can
you plot these co-ordinates and see what you find? Why not colour it in?
L8, K9, J9.5, H10, E10.5, B10, A7, B5, C4, F3, I2, K1, L0, M1, O2, R3, U4,
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 cloudy day so slept in
 rolled out of hammock
and did 20 press ups
 had some sloppy
porridge and chewed
on a lemon for me
brekkies
 scrubbed the deck
very hard
 drank some rum
 helped the cook make
fish soup, ate loads
 mended some sails
 played skittles with old
bottles
 called my mate a
cheat so had to run
and hide
 organised a game of
baseball with a
whalebone
 had a good silly
sing-song
 did 20 sit-ups and
hopped into hammock
 went to sleep counting
stars
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yawn… up with the sun
fell out of hammock
had a good burp
breakfasted on bone
dipped in whale fat
did some fishing with an
old boot
got thirsty so drank
some rum
climbed up to the
lookout point
felt sick, climbed down
ate some fresh
tuna steak
picked my teeth
with a fish bone
sang loudly and laughed
my heart off with me mates
had a bag of chocolate
coins
too tired to get into my
hammock so slept with
rats on floor
snored very loudly
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pirate …………………
What do you
do on a
typical day?
Write your
own diary here
Two of Captain Hartley’s pirates can write (oh yes) and here’s what’s in their diary.
Tick the healthy things they’ve done. Who’s the healthiest pirate?
pirate diary
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Colourful fruit and vegetables are great for your heart.
Do you know your fruit from your veg?
Put a circle around the fruits and a square around the veg.
apple
packet of
dried fruit
can of fizzy pop
handful of grapes
chicken and
salad sandwich
on wholemeal
bread
chocolate bar
cheese strings
carrot sticks
vegetable and pasta
salad
cheese and tomato
pizza fingers
a carton of
fruit juice
satsuma
ham sandwich on
white bread
Can you help Captain Hartley make up a heart-healthy
packed lunch? Choose from the list of foods below and
draw them in the lunch box.
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2)
1)
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If not, how many more does he need to
take?
………………...……….
Are there enough fruit and vegetables for
him so that he can get his 5 portions of fruit
and vegetables every day?
……………...………….
How many fruit and vegetables can you
see?
Captain Hartley is away at sea for 3 days and
he’s been busy packing his fruit and
vegetables to take with him to keep his heart
healthy.
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A pinch of salt
Here are some of the favourite foods that C’ptain Hartley’s
crew like to snack on.
C’ptain Hartley is worried that they might be eating too much salt which can
make their blood pressure go up and is bad news for their hearts.
Can you help him?
1. Tick the boxes for the foods which you think might have salt in them.
1 sausage
roll
1 packet salt and
vinegar crisps
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2 cheese
strings
2 slices of
bread
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Half a tin of
tomato soup
Quarter of a
cheese pizza
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one orange
4 digestive
biscuits
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2. Circle the food that you think will have the most salt in it.
3. Can you guess how much salt there might be in a glass of sea water?
Circle the one you think is right.
A
B
only a pinch of salt
(0.2grams)
one teaspoon of salt
(5 grams)
C
three teaspoons of salt
(15 grams)
4. Now CHECK the answers with your teacher and write down how much salt is in each
food next to each picture. You need this information to do question 5 on the next page.
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C’ptain Hartley has visited the Dead Sea, which is so salty you can float in it.
A glass of Dead Sea water can contain 30 grams of salt, that’s the same as
6 teaspoons of salt - not very tasty.
5. Pirate Young’s salty diet
One of C’ptain Hartley’s crew is called Pirate Young and is 10 years old.
He should only be eating 5 grams of salt each day MAXIMUM to keep his heart
and arteries healthy.
Here’s what he ate yesterday:
Breakfast
2 slices of bread toasted
…… g salt
Lunch
half a tin of tomato soup
2 slices of bread
2 cheese strings
…… g salt
…… g salt
…… g salt
Supper
half a cheese pizza
a packet of salt and
vinegar crisps
…… g salt
2 digestive biscuits
…… g salt
use the space
below to do any
working out
…… g salt
Extra snack
Write down how much salt is in each food using the answers on the last
page.
How much salt did he eat in total?
…… g salt
Did he eat too much salt yesterday?
yes / no
Could you think
of a healthier
menu for him so
he eats less
salt?
Write your own
ideas on the
menu:
Pirate Young’s HEALTHIER and less salty menu
Breakfast
Lunch
Supper
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60 minutes
achieved?
Type of activity
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Duration
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How many minutes of exercise do you need to do
every day? Colour the correct bar on the bar chart.
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2) How many more minutes of exercise
does Captain Hartley need to do to keep
his heart healthy?
………………………………………….....
1) How many minutes of exercise has he
done altogether?
Captain Hartley likes to keep busy. He spent
20 minutes scrubbing the deck and then
15 minutes digging for treasure.
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Pirate exercise coins
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Keep your heart healthy and be a fit pirate by exercising for 60 minutes each day.
You can break your exercise into bite-sized chunks so they fit into your day easily.
Cut around the coins and use them each day to give you some exercise ideas.
Print this double sided with the next page to get nice coins!
Put some music on
and dance your
heart out
for 10 minutes
Challenge your
friends and family to
a hula hoop contest
and see who can
keep going for the
longest.
Dig out your skates
and rollerblades and
go skating.
Encourage your
family to go out for
a walk with you.
Making it a brisk
walk will get your
heart pumping too
Dig out your skipping
rope and skip for 10
minutes.
Take your dog
out for a walk.
Make it a brisk
walk so that you
get some exercise
too.
Get on your bike and
go for a ride after
school.
Draw out a hopscotch
grid and play for 10
minutes.
Have a one on one
mini football match
with family or friends.
See who can score
the most goals in 10
minutes.
Use your break time
to play games like tag
with your friends.
When watching
your favourite TV
programmes, why
not jog on the spot
for 10 minutes.
Set up an obstacle
course in your
garden and time
yourself taking it
on. Include jumping
and running too.
Print this double sided with the next page to get nice coins!
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“Wake up and shake up, pirates”
A wake up and shake up session is a great way to get your pirates ready for the day
and have a fun mini-workout that will benefit their hearts and bodies. You can use
the ideas listed below or make your own pirate routine up in advance with your class.
The more space each pupils has the more they can put their hearts into the actions
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lie down in your hammock (if space permits) or stand up and shift your
weight from one foot to the other as if you were rocking in your
hammock
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the sea’s a bit rough out there, so you can sway a bit more
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have a big yawn and stretch your arms high and then wide
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jump out of your hammock
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touch your toes five times and reach up high in between
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twist to the left to see who’s got up behind you and then twist the other
way
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now you’re half awake, it’s time to get cracking - run up the stairs to the
deck, keep going there are 3 flights of stairs
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stand and report for duty and inspection
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time to hoist the sails – pull the rope with your hands – reach up high
and then pull down, and again and again –
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now we can hoist the big main sail – this is the heavy one so pull down
with all your strength, and again and again – 10 pull should do it
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got to keep our pirate ship spick and span, so let’s scrub the decks with
a broom – dip it in the soapy water and scrub, come on, the more effort
you put in the shinier the deck and the happier the C’ptain Hartley will
be – let’s count to 20 while we do it
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next task (a pirate’s life is always busy)? The c’ptain says his portholes
need a good clean because a whale sneezed on them – let’s get a cloth
and start polishing making little circles with our arms – one way
(clockwise) – 1,2,3…. 10; now the other way (anti-clockwise) 1,2,3…..10
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well done, the c’ptain is very pleased so you can go and have a rest …
after you’ve climbed up to the look out
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climb up the rope ladder – lift your knees and reach up high with your
hands to grab the rungs – don’t look down, it’s very scary – it’s a long
way up to keep going…
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phew, we made it. What can we see? Turn round to the left searching
with your eyes… now back again
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you’ve seen an island – jump up and down with joy
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quickly, back down the ladder to tell the captain
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climb the other one into the boat
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let’s row across the sea to the island - row, row, row
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run round the island to find the ‘X marks the spot’
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dig for treasure
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lift the heavy treasure chest
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carry it back to the boat with big difficult steps (it’s very heavy)
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row back very fast
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climb the ladder … phew, get your breath back.
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the captain’s taken the treasure to his cabin – you can go back down the
stairs to your hammock with big heavy footsteps because you are
exhausted
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climb into your hammock
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have a good stretch … and a good snore…
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Captain Hartley is worried about some of his crew because they’ve
started smoking. Cigarettes contain lots of chemicals which can
damage the heart and arteries. Can you solve these smoking puzzles?
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Pirate Thickblood has a nasty habit of smoking
a cigar for breakfast. He also has one with his
tea. He does this every day of the year.
How many cigars does he smoke in a year (HINT:
there are 365 days in a year)?
………………………………
…………cigars
If ten cigars cost 1 gold coin – how much does he spend a year
on cigars?............................
……...gold coins
Pirate Smoky-beard loves his pipe and puffs away all day.
His teeth are very stained. He gets through one pouch of
tobacco (that he puts in his pipe) each week.
How many pouches does he get through in a year?
………………………………
………………… pouches
If one pouch costs half a gold coins, how much does this bad
habit cost him a year? ……………………………gold coins
3.
Who is spending more a year, Pirate Thickblood or Pirate
Smoky-beard? ………………………………………………..
4.
Pirate Knobblyknees has been very good . He has given up
smoking and is saving up to buy a treasure map. He used to
spend 10 gold coins every six months on cigarettes.
One of his mates is selling a treasure map for 50 gold coins.
How long before Pirate Knobblyknees can buy the map
from his mate?
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insecticide
spiders
toilet cleaner
bubbles
batteries
rocket fuel
nail polish remover
cakes
sweets
rainbow
paint
Smoking is bad for your heart and cigarettes contain lots of horrible chemicals that can harm your heart
and arteries. Can you identify which chemicals are found in cigarettes by circling them?
rat poison
perfume
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RS_28a
Pumping heart basics
Instructions
1. A colourful heart
Can you colour in the heart? Use blue to colour the side where the
deoxygenated blood is and use red to colour the side where the
oxygenated blood is.
2. A map of your heart
Cut out all of these labels, there are 9 in all.
Stick them onto the correct spaces on your heart diagram.
(hint: do the easy ones first)
blood going
around the
body
blood returning
from the
upper body
blood going to
the right lung
blood
returning from
the lungs
blood
returning from
the lower body
blood going to
the left lung
right side of
the heart
left side of
the heart
heart muscle
Scissors and
glue needed
Did you know?
The heart has special flaps, called
valves, that make sure the blood
flows in the right direction and
stop it going back the wrong way. I
have marked these with a star on
your picture of the heart.
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Pumping heart
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Pumping heart instructions
with scientific terms
1. A colourful heart
Can you colour in the heart? Use blue to colour the side where the
deoxygenated blood is and use red to colour the side where the
oxygenated blood is.
2. A map of your heart
Cut out all of these labels, there are 15 in all. Stick them onto the
correct spaces on your heart diagram.
(hint: do the easy ones first)
blood going
around the body
blood going to
the left lung
blood going to
the right lung
blood
returning from
the lower body
blood
returning from
the lungs
blood returning
from the
upper body
aorta
(thickest artery
in your body)
pulmonary
vein
left
atrium
right
ventricle
vena
Cava
pulmonary
artery
heart
muscle
right
atrium
left
ventricle
Scissors and
glue needed
Did you know?
The heart has special flaps, called
valves, that make sure the blood
flows in the right direction and
stops it going back the wrong way.
I have marked these with a star on
your picture of the heart.
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Your heart is an amazing muscle; it pumps blood all around your body.
Follow the cycle to become an expert on how your heart works.
1. A vein brings blood from your
body back to the heart. This
blood has dropped off all the oxygen it carried while travelling
around the body. We call it
deoxygenated blood.
7. The blood is now deoxygenated
and the cycle starts all over again.
2. The deoxygenated blood goes
into the first waiting room on the
right hand side of the heart, called
the right atrium. It stays here
until the heart squeezes it down
into a bigger room, a pumping
6. As your heart muscle squeez-
room, called the right ventricle.
es hard oxygenated blood races
out through an artery at great
speed. It travels to all your muscles, brain and other organs drop-
3. As your heart muscle squeezes,
ping off
the deoxygenated blood rushes
oxygen where it is needed.
out through an artery to the lungs
where it picks up lots of oxygen. It’s
now called oxygenated blood.
5. The blood arrives in a waiting
room called the left atrium. It
stays here until the heart squeezes it down into the left ventricle,
4. Another vein brings the
the heart’s biggest pumping
oxygenated blood from the lungs
room.
back to the left hand side of the
heart.
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Now test yourself to make sure you understand how your
heart works. Cut out these boxes, shuffle them up and with a
friend see how long it takes you to put them in the correct orThe deoxygenated blood goes into
the first waiting room, on the right
side of the heart, called the right atrium. It stays here until the heart
squeezes it down into a bigger room,
a pumping room, called the right
ventricle.
A vein brings blood from your body
into the heart. This blood has
dropped off all the oxygen it carried
on its journey around the body. We
call it deoxygenated blood.
The blood is taken into a waiting
room called the left atrium and stays
here until the heart squeezes it down
into the left ventricle, the heart’s
biggest pumping room.
The muscle squeezes and
oxygenated blood races out through
an artery at great speed. The blood
travels to all your muscles, brain and
other organs, dropping the oxygen
where it’s needed.
As your heart muscle squeezes the
deoxygenated blood it rushes out
through an artery to the lungs where
it picks up lots of oxygen. It’s now
called oxygenated blood.
Another vein brings the oxygenated
blood from the lungs back to the
heart.
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The blood is now deoxygenated and
the cycle starts all over again.
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VEINS
NUTRIENTS
ARTERIES Exercise
Comprehension
MUSCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
PLAQUE
The
heart is a ____________ which pumps
blood
through ______________________
SMOKE
HEART
ATTACK
70
DEOXYGENATED
EXERCISE
BLOOD
around the body. It beats around _________ times a minute and beats over
____________
times a day. After giving
oxygen to your brain and muscles
OXYGEN
100,000
EAT HEALTHILY blood travels back to
BLOOD
________________
the VESSELS
right hand side of the heart through
LUNGS
SALT & FAT
__________. The heart muscle then squeezes and sends blood to the __________.
At the lungs it picks up ______________ and drops off ________________________.
This blood is now called oxygenated blood. It returns to the left hand side of
the heart where, after another squeeze, it carries oxygen and _____________ to
the rest of the body through _______________.
To keep our heart healthy it is very important to ____________, ________________
by making sure we get our 5-a-day, eat less ____________________, and don’t
____________. If we don’t exercise and eat too many fatty foods, _____________
can build up inside our arteries and stop the flow of ____________ to our hearts
and the rest of our body. This can lead to a ______________________.
VEINS
ARTERIES
NUTRIENTS
CARBON DIOXIDE
MUSCLE
PLAQUE
SMOKE
HEART ATTACK
70
DEOXYGENATED
EXERCISE
BLOOD
OXYGEN
100,000
EAT HEALTHILY
BLOOD VESSELS
LUNGS
SALT & FAT
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How much do you know
about your heart?
1) In one minute how many times does your heart beat?
10
70
100
2) What organ in the body gives oxygen to the blood and
then sends it to the heart?
Liver
Stomach
Lungs
3) How many chambers does the heart have?
4
2
1
4) How big is your heart?
Size of a golf ball Size of your fist Size of a football
5) What should you do to look after your heart? (Tick as many
as you think are right)
Eat healthily
Don’t Smoke
Exercise
Eat salty food
6) How much exercise do we need to do every day to keep our
hearts healthy?
10 minutes
30 minutes
60 minutes