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Description

Monitor heartbeat before and after completing a range of different physical activities and understand the reasons for change.

Resources

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Instructions

1. Explain to the Beavers that this activity is part of their Health and Fitness badge, and also about doing their best as part of the Beaver Promise. It doesn't matter if they can't do all the exercises, what matters is that they try.

2. Talk to the Beavers about their hearts and what it does. ( Pumps blood in the body). Ask the Beavers what they think influences heart rate? Answers: Activities you're doing, how fit you are, air temperature, body position (standing up or lying down, for example), emotions, body size.

3. Get them to feel for their pulse rate - either on their wrists, or side of their necks.
They don't actually have to count their pulse rate as this can be difficult to do. But they should be able to feel it. If they can't on themselves, see if they can feel it on another beaver .
N.B. They can place their hand on their heart and feel their heartbeat that way, if they cannot find a pulse using the other methods.

4. Get the beavers to do 10 squats.
5. Get them to feel for the pulse rates again - what changes have they noticed?

6. Get the beavers to do 10 push ups
7. Get them to feel for the pulse rates again - what changes have they noticed?

8. Get the beavers to do 20 star jumps
9. Get them to feel for the pulse rates again - what changes have they noticed?

10. Explain why we exercise to keep the heart healthy.

Tags

• fitness Challenge
• Heartbeat

Badge Links

• Health and Fitness - Agility
• Health and Fitness - Heart
• Skills - Exercise