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=Life Education - Heart Central=



=Heart Central (Year 3 & 4)= In this module we are invited on Harold’s mystery train trip around the human body. We meet Charlie the conductor and the team from Heart Central Station as they guide us through the circulatory system. We visit the main circulatory system organs including heart, lungs, arteries, veins, kidneys, muscles and brain. The main focus is to discover what the organs do and how they work, increasing an understanding of the human body. Imaginations and enthusiasm are the only things needed to be packed for this trip.
 * **Outline**
 * Key Messages:**
 * Everything we put into the human body gets into the blood and goes all around the body
 * The ciculatory system is the group of body parts that work together to move all the things we need around the body and takes the things we don't need away
 * Focus**
 * Identifying the main organs of the circulatory system and their particular functions for the human body
 * Blood carries food, water and oxygen around the body for energy and removescarbon dioxide and waste ||= [[image:http://www.lifeeducation.org.nz/site/lifeedutrust/images/Learning_Modules/heartcentral.gif width="336" height="422" align="bottom" caption="heartcentral"]] ||
 * We are learning to…**
 * 1. understand that blood goes all around the body in the circulatory system**
 * //Successful Learning will look like…//** children naming and describing the roles of some parts of the circulatory system i.e. veins, arteries, lungs, heart


 * 2. describe how anything in the blood can travel throughout the body**
 * //Successful Learning will look like…//** children naming several substances that are carried around the body in the blood and stating why they are needed/not needed and where they come from


 * 3. talk about the job/ function of the kidneys**
 * //Successful Learning will look like…//** children stating where the kidneys are, what they do and why they are important


 * 4. describe the benefits of exercise for the human body and respiratory system**
 * //Successful Learning will look like…//** children describing the benefits of exercise for their own health and well being


 * The learning module delivered might look like this:**
 * Part A**
 * Finding out about circulation, checking out the circulatory system module and naming the characters that are carried around in our blood including: oxygen, nutrients, water, waste, carbon dioxide, medicines (analgesics)
 * Students take a train trip through the bloodstream
 * Part B**
 * Come back on board and continue on the trip around the body. As we get off at each stop we explore the job of the individual organ and how it helps the body and fits into the circulatory system
 * Finally catch up with Harold and tell him about our trip.

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