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What Is a Heart?

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What Is a Heart?
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Summary

The StoryBots explore the heart and how it pumps blood through the body. A bright, catchy short that drops easily into a lesson, a center, or a brain-friendly review.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Your body is made of parts that each do an important job to keep you alive, moving, and healthy.

  1. What body part does this video explain, and what is its job?
  2. What would happen if that part stopped working?
  3. Can you point to where it is on your own body?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: body, organ, system, job, healthy.

Try it: Trace your hand or body and label the part from the video where you think it belongs.