{"id":23469,"date":"2016-01-20T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=23469"},"modified":"2016-01-22T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:05:42","slug":"all-about-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=23469","title":{"rendered":"All about the heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is pretty cool: Earlier this month, a cardiologist (the father of an 8th grader at the school) visited Avery&#8217;s classroom to teach the first-graders about the human heart. From the school&#8217;s newsletter on the visit:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>Dr. MacGregor and Jacob asked the first graders what they already knew about the heart (they knew a lot); then, using a model of the heart, they explained the heart\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s structure and function and the causes and effects of heart disease and then answered questions from the class.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The highlight of the presentation,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said teacher Barbara Eisenhauer, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153was when Dr. MacGregor brought out three human hearts for the children to examine and touch. One heart was healthy, one heart was from someone who had had a heart attack, and the last heart was from someone with high blood pressure. By the end of the presentation, the children could tell which heart represented each condition.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Little doctors in the making?<\/p>\n<p>-M<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-looking-at-heart-small.jpg\" alt=\"Avery looking at heart - small\" width=\"299\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-looking-at-heart-small.jpg 299w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-looking-at-heart-small-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-looking-at-heart2-small.jpg\" alt=\"Avery looking at heart2 - small\" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-looking-at-heart2-small.jpg 401w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-looking-at-heart2-small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-listening-to-her-heart-small.jpg\" alt=\"Avery listening to her heart - small\" width=\"298\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-listening-to-her-heart-small.jpg 298w, http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Avery-listening-to-her-heart-small-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is pretty cool: Earlier this month, a cardiologist (the father of an 8th grader at the school) visited Avery&#8217;s classroom to teach the first-graders about the human heart. 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