Heart Disease Prevention
Heart Health Interactive Activities
- Heart Squeeze
- Heart Pump
- Listen to Your Heart
- Hands Only CPR
- Careers in Cardiology
- Leading Causes of Death
Heart Health Activity Sheets
- Careers in Cardiology Scramble
- I am a Heart Healthy Kid Coloring Sheet
- Human Heart Facts Coloring Sheet
- Cardiovascular Word Search
- Label the Parts of the Heart
Heart Health Lessons
Your Heart: What is it and what does it do?
- Describe the anatomy of a heart
- Recall how the heart and circulatory system function
- Recognize exercise reduces the risk of heart disease.
- Connect high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar with the disease they cause.
Heart Rate and Exercise Intensity
- Define the different intensities of physical activity and how it affects heart rate and breathing.
- Measure the heart rate at different intensities and identify physical activities of different intensities.
Heart Health and Stress Management
- Describe the impact stress can have on the heart.
- List strategies that can be used to reduce stress.
Lesson Six - Careers in Cardiology
- Describe the different careers in the healthcare system.
- Explore the types of training and education required for healthcare careers.
- Discover their own skills and interest and how that might apply as a healthcare professional.
Energy Drinks and Kids
A one page resource providing an overview of energy drinks, warnings of serious side effects and suggestions for alternatives.
School Wellness Program
Iowa Heart Foundation is partnering with Iowa 4-H with Iowa 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count. We anticipate through this collaboration, we can improve the health of Iowa’s youth in 4-H clubs and schools by creating a unified message for youth to live a healthy, active lifestyle.
Through this program Iowa schools receive access to our six heart health lessons and enhanced on-site support and free classroom kits to support student learning. The classroom kits include:
- 30 stethoscopes to support listening to their heart and the carreers in cardiology lesson.
- 30 heart shared stress balls to support the heart squeeze activity
- Two heart puzzles and a heart model to support lessons on heart anatomy
- One timer that can be used with the heart squeeze and heart pump activities
- And a Lesson Plan and Heart Health Activity packet.
Iowa Heart Center Prevention & Wellness Clinic
The Iowa Heart Foundation supported the culinary medicine certification for Iowa Heart Center Prevention & Wellness Clinic's registered dietitian.
Recipes from Diane McIlhon, RDN, LD – MercyOne Iowa Heart Center Prevention and Wellness Clinic