Healthy Hearts

Important Dates and Information 
Emily Carr Art - due Friday, March 9th
Settler Farm Math assignment - due Friday, March 9th.
Math - Daily questions - Due Monday, March 12th 

Classroom Learning
In health today, we learned about the parts of the heart and how to keep our heart and body healthy with a good diet and physical activity. The heart is responsible for pumping oxygen into our blood, and pumping blood around our body. When we exercise, our heart beat increases as our heart has to work harder to pump the blood. Our heart also has to work harder if it is sick from things like tobacco. We learned that tobacco contains nicotine, and it can affect our body very badly, such as our heart, lungs, brain, skin, and eyes. We learned that too much smoking builds up a black tar on the lungs and can cause a lot of diseases in our body. Below is a picture we looked at of a healthy lung vs a smoker's lung.  

At home, discuss with your child what they learned about the heart today, and the importance of having good physical health. 

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   Healthy Lung                  Smokers Lung