Exercise means using a lot of effort to move our bodies so that they stay fit and healthy.

Heart rate is the number of times a heart beats each minute.

Each time your heart beats it can be felt as a pulse in the arteries.

Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.

Recovery time is the amount of time it takes your heart to return to its resting rate after being active.

Heart recovery time after exercise

Science

In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils learn about diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. In the Diet and exercise unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn more about food as a source of building materials and energy, as well as the effects of exercise on the human body.

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt to describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function

Keeping healthy

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How can we improve our heart recovery time?

Between 50 – 90 bpm is considered a healthy {{}} heart rate for an adult.

The amount of time it takes to stop breathing heavily after exercise.

The amount of time it takes you to stop sweating after exercise.

The amount of time it takes heart rate to return to resting rate after exercise.

At places where an {{}} is close to the skin, we can use two fingers to feel our pulse and check our heart rate.

Aisha measured her heart rate, then did some exercise and measured her heart rate again at one-minute intervals. 
Here are her results. 
How long was Aisha’s recovery time?

Which type of diagram is best for recording changes to heart rate after exercise?

Your heart is on the left hand side of your chest.

Which of these statements about the heart is correct?

The number of times your heart beats in a minute is called your heart ...

When you are exercising, your heart rate …

Laura has been measuring her heart rate when carrying out different activities. Match the heart rate to the activity.

What is carried to the muscles in our blood to help them keep working?

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Heart recovery time after exercise

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.