Valentine’s Day Science Activity: Compare Weird Animal Hearts

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Students read about 8 of the strangest hearts in the animal kingdom – from a whale with a heart the size of a piano to an octopus that has 3 hearts!  No prior knowledge of the cardiovascular system is required. NO PREP is needed – just copies!

In this activity, students will:

• READ about strange animal hearts.
• COMPLETE a graphic organizer with information from the text.
• ANSWER text-dependent questions.

Teacher Notes:

• Save time by making just one class set of the article and reusing it class-to-class.
• This document does NOT mention Valentine’s Day – it is simply a nice way to tie in NGSS MS-LS1-3 to this heart-related holiday.
• Makes a great sub plan in February!
• Answer key included.
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