Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Heart & Blood
Did You Know?
Max is a remarkable young boy, who needed a heart transplant. A heart transplant is a surgical procedure, where a diseased or failing heart is replaced with a healthy donor heart. This life-saving operation is typically performed when other treatments for heart conditions have not been successful, offering patients like Max a new chance at life.
Credit: CBBC - Newsround
Word Challenge
transplant
The suffix ‘trans-‘ is derived from Latin, meaning ‘across,’ ‘beyond,’ or ‘through.’
Compile a list of words that start with the suffix ‘trans-.’
Grammar Challenge
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Write a second sentence that follows on from the sentence below.
Max was overjoyed to receive his new heart.
Number Challenge
- During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times.
How would you express 2.5 billion as an integer (whole number)?
Critical Thinking
How might receiving someone else’s heart change how you feel or think?