Healthy Me, Healthy Blood
New Zealand Blood Service teaching resource - developing students' knowledge about how to keep their body (and their blood) healthy by making healthy choices.
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New Zealand Blood Service teaching resource - developing students' knowledge about how to keep their body (and their blood) healthy by making healthy choices.
There is a bright and colourful poster that can be ordered or downloaded for free.
Diagram to explain circulation system
Blackline teachers resource
Videos to connect to a range of learning resources. Heart health and recipe / cooking videos.
In this video, I discuss how the heart functions in the body. I cover how blood flows through the heart, deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the heart, and oxygenated blood from the lungs returns to the heart. I also discuss pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins and how the heart pumps blood through them.
From the National Heart Foundation. Lots of resources including drafts of policies, menus, newsletter snippets, info on Calcium, etc etc etc
Te Hapū O Ngāti Wheke is the heart of the Rāpaki community, and it’s a heart the hapū are committed to keeping healthy.
Three-quarters of us wear some sort of corrective lenses. But what is the science behind artificial perfect vision? Heather Brown talks with a Twin Cities ophthalmologist (2:32).
The human eye is one of the most valuable sense organs that enables us to see the world around us.
Let us study about the different parts of an eye.
Article from Canada with great relevance to NZ school communities
Be active every day, in as many ways as possible. Aim for at least 2 ½ hours of moderate (or 1 ¼ hours of vigorous physical activity) spread throughout the week.
When you’re busy it can be easy to reach for packaged foods and drinks. But you may be surprised to learn just how much sugar or fats are in your favourite foods.
Here’s a guide to some common foods – and how many teaspoons or sugar or fat are in them. You may be surprised!
English language posters that illustrate the amount of sugar in common New Zealand drinks and promote water or low-fat milk as the best drink of choice. https://order.hpa.org.nz/products/how-much-sugar-do-you-drink
This infographic poster shows the amount of sugar in soft drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks and energy drinks. Available in Māori and English from the Health Promotion Agencyand locally from Wendi Wolfen-Duvall, Napier Health, 76 Wellesley Road, Napier. 06 834 1815 ext 4162 wendi.wolfen-duvall@hbdhb.govt.nz
The video explains how our human heart works - its structure and function of each part.
This double-sided resource from the National Heart Foundation shows the simple steps you can take to add healthier options to your meals, also contains a simplified version of our Healthy Heart visual food guide. First pad is free then $1 per unit
To assist health professionals and other sector workers decipher fact from fiction, HPA is undertaking factual reviews of topical issues. These two-page information sheets contain evidence-based advice to help you provide clear consistent information to consumers.
Get your facts right and avoid any confusion.
Human Anatomy for Kids. Montessori. Books. Cards. Printables Etc