Purpose of Activity: To have students understand and experience the concept that when we exercise our bodies work harder. This makes our hearts beat faster requiring more oxygen which causes us to breathe harder.

Prerequisites: Students need to be comfortable running in a designated pathway in the gym.

Suggested Grade Level: K-2

Materials Needed:

1. Three objects, per student, which are small enough to carry in one hand. (i.e., beanbags)

2. Two big buckets or four small ones that will hold all the small objects

3. Three large signs. One should say, “Mouth,” one should say, “Heart” and one should say, “Muscle”

4. About 30 cones

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