Fitness Friday-How does our heart work?

It is FITNESS FRIDAY!
Today we discussed how the heart works and how the blood travels through the heart and body. The heart is made up of 4 chambers: right and left atrium, right and left ventricle.The blood travels through the right atrium, right ventricle and then to the lungs. After the blood leaves the lungs it makes it way back to the heart and goes through the left atrium and left ventricle. It's job then is to bring "oxygen rich" blood to the rest of the body and then repeat.  We put the blood flow in motion by setting up an obstacle course to show how our blood travels. Here a few snapshots of how it looked. Such a fun time and the students sure seemed to enjoy it!

2nd Graders moving to the lung and going through the left ventricle.

2nd Graders going through the right atrium.

We have traveled through the right side of heart, now off to the lungs!

Kindergarten moving like blood through the heart.

Students in action!