Healthy hearts | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

The organ which pumps blood around your body is called the ...

'heart' ✓
What happens to your heart rate when you exercise?

it speeds up ✓

it slows down

it stays the same

it becomes irregular
Heart rate is measured in bpm, which is short for ...

'beats per minute' ✓
What is considered to be a healthy resting heart rate for an adult?

10 to 50 bpm

50 to 90 bpm ✓

90 to 130 bpm
Muscles are parts of our body that …

protect our major organs.

digest our food.

contracts to produce movement. ✓
How is oxygen delivered to our muscles to help them work properly?

It is absorbed from the food we eat.

It is taken straight from the water we drink.

It is carried to the muscles in our blood. ✓

It seeps through the skin into the muscles.

Exit quiz

We can strengthen our heart muscle and improve our heart health by…

regularly being physically active. ✓

spending many hours a day sitting down.

reducing the amount we exercise.

reading books about heart health.
To improve heart health, our diet should be…

high in sugary and fatty foods.

made up of only fruits and vegetables.

balanced with a range of different types of foods. ✓
It is recommended that children have at least ______ minutes of heart pumping aerobic exercise per day.

'60' ✓
Which of these statements about heart health is true?

If you are a healthy weight then your heart must be healthy.

Your heart is made from muscle that can be strengthened just like other muscles. ✓

Heart health can be improved by spending a lot of time sitting down.

Our diet has no impact on our heart health.
Aerobic exercise is exercise that …

uses only the smaller muscles in your body.

is very quick and only takes a few seconds.

is usually done sitting or lying down.

is repetitive and uses large muscle groups in your body. ✓
Which of these activities are not aerobic exercises?

swimming

brisk walking

running

slow stretches ✓

cycling

Worksheet

Loading worksheet ...

Presentation

Loading presentation ...

Video

Lesson Details

Key learning points

A healthy, balanced diet helps to improve heart health.
Being physically active is a major step toward strengthening the heart muscle and improving heart health.
Heart-pumping aerobic exercise is recommended for at least an hour a day for children.
Examples of aerobic exercise are brisk walking, running, swimming and cycling.

Common misconception

Pupils may assume that thinness automatically equates to fitness, good health and having a healthy heart.

Explain that having a thin body does not necessarily mean that you also have good heart health. Whatever shape your body is, it is important to exercise and keep active in order to keep your heart healthy.

Keywords

Muscle - A muscle is a part of our body that contracts to produce movement.
Heart health - Heart health is an important part of having a healthy body and good wellbeing.
Aerobic - Aerobic exercise is a repetitive, physical activity that uses large muscle groups in your body.
Fitness circuit - A fitness circuit is a type of workout involving a range of different exercises.