EWS Physical Education PADLET by Allison Baier https://padlet.com/abaier2/opdcqo86rxcu Everything you need to know about all things P.E. en-us 2018-02-08 19:08:40 UTC 2025-12-23 20:29:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Carfront.png Facts About Heart Health abaier2 https://padlet.com/abaier2/opdcqo86rxcu/wish/229769116
  • The average heart is the size of a fist in an adult.
  • Your heart will beat about 115,000 times each day.
  • Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day.
  • An electrical system controls the rhythm of your heart. It’s called the cardiac conduction system.
  • The heart can continue beating even when it’s disconnected from the body.
  • The first open-heart surgery occurred in 1893. It was performed by Daniel Hale Williams, who was one of the few black cardiologists in the United States at the time.
  • The first implantable pacemaker was used in 1958. Arne Larsson, who received the pacemaker, lived longer than the surgeon who implanted it. Larsson died at 86 of a disease that was unrelated to his heart.
  • The youngest person to receive heart surgery was only a minute old. She had a heart defect that many babies don’t survive. Her surgery was successful, but she’ll eventually need a heart transplant.
  • The earliest known case of heart disease was identified in the remains of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummy.
  • The fairy fly, which is a kind of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature.
  • The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal, but it has the fastest heartbeat at 1,200 beats per minute.
  • Whales have the largest heart of any mammal.
  • The giraffe has a lopsided heart, with their left ventricle being thicker than the right. This is because the left side has to get blood up the giraffe’s long neck to reach their brain.
  • Most heart attacks happen on a Monday.
  • Christmas day is the most common day of the year for heart attacks to happen.
  • The human heart weighs less than 1 pound. However, a man’s heart, on average, is 2 ounces heavier than a woman’s heart.
  • A woman’s heart beats slightly faster than a man’s heart.
  • The beating sound of your heart is caused by the valves of the heart opening and closing.
  • It’s possible to have a broken heart. It’s called broken heart syndrome and can have similar symptoms as a heart attack. The difference is that a heart attack is from heart disease and broken heart syndrome is caused by a rush of stress hormones from an emotional or physical stress event.
  • Death from a broken heart, or broken heart syndrome, is possible but extremely rare.
  • The iconic heart shape as a symbol of love is traditionally thought to come from the silphium plant, which was used as an ancient form of birth control.
  • If you were to stretch out your blood vessel system, it would extend over 60,000 miles.
  • Heart cells stop dividing, which means heart cancer is extremely rare.
  • Laughing is good for your heart. It reduces stress and gives a boost to your immune system.

    • ]]>     2018-02-08 19:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier2/opdcqo86rxcu/wish/229769116     History of Volleyball abaier2 https://padlet.com/abaier2/opdcqo86rxcu/wish/229773770 The game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.]]> 2018-02-08 19:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier2/opdcqo86rxcu/wish/229773770 Rules of EWS Beach Ball Volleyball abaier2 https://padlet.com/abaier2/opdcqo86rxcu/wish/229777559 1. Server gets 2 tries to get the ball over the net
    2. 3 hits per side
    3. No double hits
    4. If the ball lands on the line, it is in
    5. First team to 31 points and win by 2 points

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