What are some fun, interactive, easy ways to teach high schoolers about heart disease and stroke?
I want to do it in a way so that I won't seem boring, preachy, or lame. I want to be able to do it under 10 minutes....and make sure everybody learns and isn't bored! Thanks!
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bring in some actual heart attack victims .
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Stuff handfuls of sugar down their unsuspecting throats and make a game out of seeing who dies first within the next ten minutes. Then that'll make them afraid and they'll never eat sugar again, because they'll all be dead. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnjJc8m4XnLLDlhCTncakU7sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081214111312AAeB4Y1
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Highschoolers are hard to teach, Maybe you could bring in a dummy, or some kind of health doll that you could usually find in hospitals, and teach them from that.
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act it out for them or get somebody else to do it. be funny
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What a loaded question. Sorry but I cannot help but look for some humor here.
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get a pig heart to demonstrate with! our school did it, and everyones eyes were fixed
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I don't believe there are fun ways because it is heart attack and stroke, but give out scripts and do a short skit and have the main characters in the skit do an action like a heart attack or something. They will be learning and they would get a kick out of it. HOPE THIS HELPS
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I'll send my mother over...She is a walking time bomb who has already had 2 heart attacks, smokes, is overweight, doesn't exercise and has high cholesterol.
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I would think that on a high school level, with only ten minutes, you would barely have time to get in the necessary facts. Fun/interactive reminds me of younger grades and topics that aren't as serious. It's just my take on it. Give the kids the facts in true or false form and ask how many think something is true, and how many think it's false. Like "heart disease is something that happens after you are 45." which would be false, but in high school you don't realize that.
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Go to a retirement home in Florida and wait for one of them to have a stroke.
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Time is a factor here.... explaining and describing each (a heart attack and a stroke) will take close to 10 min. If time allows, bring in a Para-Medic that works for an ambulance company or a hospital and have them explain. They would know a lot more and can be creative with some of their equipment. Also, a Red Cross trainer for CPR is a good resource. He/she can actually demonstrate and have the students participate in how to use the equipment as well as do CPR. If that takes too much time and/or work on your part, I would give your local city ambulance office or Red cross office for some participation and assistance. Even the Fire department personnel would be happy to come in and do some presentation for you. There are local hospitals that have public relations department that also conducts classes for students as well as the public. They will be a good resource to invite and do a presentation for you. Most of them have very good presentation materials including DVD and other hands on items like rubber heart models gotten from various drug companies. So it's not "easy" for you but definitely easy and interesting for your students
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