How can I use this with my children?

Your child can use this activity to learn

about a heartbeat. Following the steps, your
Parent Guide
child can see which parts of the heart move
oxygenated or deoxygenated blood and which
parts move in sequence.

How does this help my children’s learning?

The heart is a complex organ with many

unique parts. This colour by numbers activity
can help your child become familiar with the
different steps of a heartbeat and what each
part of the heart does.

Ideas for further learning:

As the heart pumps blood to the lungs and

then the oxygenated blood to the rest of the
body, the two organs are closely linked. Why
not encourage your child to research the lungs
and how they work?
Heartbeat Sequencing: Colour by Numbers

A heartbeat is over in seconds, but quite a lot of things happen in every single beat. These steps
describe the numerous things that have to happen, in sequence, for the blood to be moved around
your body. Follow the steps and use the information to accurately colour the diagram of the heart.

1. Deoxygenated blood (blood without oxygen) from the body flows into the right atrium
through the two vena cava. Colour the vena cava and right atrium wall (muscle) pink
and the chamber of blood blue.

2. At the same time, oxygenated blood (blood with oxygen) from the lungs flows into the
left atrium through the four pulmonary veins. Colour the pulmonary veins and the left
atrium wall (muscle) pink and the chamber of blood red.

3. The right atrium wall contracts (squeezes) and the deoxygenated blood inside flows
into the right ventricle. Colour the right ventricle wall pink and the blood inside the
ventricle blue.

4. Simultaneously, the left atrium wall contracts and the oxygenated blood flows into the
left ventricle. Colour the left ventricle wall pink and the blood inside the ventricle red.

5. After this, the left and right ventricle walls contract. This is why when you listen to a
heartbeat, it makes a ‘dum dum’ sound (almost like it beats twice). This is caused by
the atriums and ventricles squeezing at slightly different times.

6. The right ventricle pushes blood through the two pulmonary arteries. These carry the
deoxygenated blood to the lungs, where it can be filled with oxygen. Colour the
pulmonary artery walls pink and the blood inside them blue.

7. The left ventricle pushes the oxygenated blood through the aorta. This carries blood
away from the heart, into the rest of the body, where the oxygen rich blood can be
used by the cells and muscles. Colour the aorta wall pink and the blood inside red.

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Heartbeat Sequencing: Colour by Numbers

Key
1 - blue
Aorta
2 - red
Pulmonary
Artery 3 - pink
(Right)
7 Pulmonary 4 - pink
Artery
Superior (Left) 6 - pink
Vena Cava
7 - pink
Left
Pulmonary
6 Veins

Left Atrium
2

1
Right Right
Pulmonary Atrium
Veins 4
Left
Ventricle

3
Right
Ventricle

Inferior
Vena Cava

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Answers

Key
1 - blue
Aorta
2 - red
Pulmonary
Artery 3 - pink
(Right)
7 Pulmonary 4 - pink
Artery
Superior (Left) 6 - pink
Vena Cava
7 - pink
Left
Pulmonary
6 Veins

Left Atrium
2

1
Right Right
Pulmonary Atrium
Veins 4
Left
Ventricle

3
Right
Ventricle

Inferior
Vena Cava

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