Heart Adventure Course
1,025 views · Published 26 February 2013 · 1:35 · Indexed 10 October 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2013 · News & Politics
It's a fitness course that teaches students how the heart work and we showcase the project in our Never Stop Learning report.It's a fast moving activity that sends kids on a journey through the four chambers of the heart in a larger than life setting.Students use scooters to navigate the bloods pathway as it begins it's journey from the right side of the heart to the lungs in search of oxygen. They carry the red balls when they're moving on the part of the heart that has oxygenated blood.This is a one way system and a never ending process which means the students at Clyde Elementary School repeat the course many times during the 50 minute PE class.Studies show if you stimulate the brain with physical activity it improves your memory. They also have to do math problems along the way.The heart adventure course rotates through the 9 elementary schools in Haywood County. The equipment was purchased through a three year, million dollar, federal grant.The school system has been able to purchase numerous fitness courses and programs over the last two years. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
