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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Flow, Blood Pressure, and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the components and measurement of arterial blood pressure, as well as the variables affecting blood flow and blood pressure in this learning exercise.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: What Makes Your Blood Flow?

For Students 9th - 10th
What can contribute to the way blood flows through the body? Find out in this tutorial.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using Ultrasounds to Measure Blood Flow Velocity

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions related to ultrasound and blood flow velocity are provided on this resource. This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Regulation of Renal Blood Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the myogenic and tubuloglomerular feedback mechanisms, and explain how they affect urine volume and composition.
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University of Arizona

The University of Arizona: Pressure and Blood Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Article that explains what two things control our blood pressure. Part of a larger page on Mathematics and Blood Flow. Includes a quiz on pressure difference and resistance at bottom of the page.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blood Pressure Basics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study how heart valves work and investigate how valves that become faulty over time can be replaced with advancements in engineering and technology. Learning about the flow of blood through the heart, students are able to fully...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let the Blood Flow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work as biomedical engineers to find liquid solutions that can clear away polyvinyl acetate polymer "blood clots" in model arteries (made of clear, flexible tubing). Teams create samples of the "blood clot" polymer with...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Heart and Blood Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will identify the major structures of the heart and their specific roles in the overall functioning of the heart.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Go With the Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial from Bill Nye shows how much energy your heart has to expend to pump blood, and demonstrates that it's easier to pump blood downward.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Blood Flow in the Arteries

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage will test your knowledge on speed and velocity.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Poiseuille's Law Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
This diagram shows the relationship of Poiseuille's Law to fluids, blood flow, viscosity, Bernoulli's Law, and resistance in vessels. Links to related topics.
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Other

The World Wide Anaestheist: Lung Function Fundamentals

For Students 9th - 10th
The mechanics of lung function are explained. Numerous definitions and examples are provided including Poiseuille's Law, blood flow, ventilation, and fluid mechanical properties.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Endocrine Regulation of Kidney Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how several hormones have specific, important roles in regulating kidney function. Find out how they act to stimulate or inhibit blood flow.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Heart of Our Cardiovascular System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars learn about the heart and its role at the center of the human cardiovascular system. In the associated activity, students play out a scenario in which they are biomedical engineers asked to design artificial hearts. They...
Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Go With the Flow

For Students 1st - 5th
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about the flow of blood.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Examining the Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students will examine sheep or chicken hearts to learn about heart structure and the flow of blood through the heart.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Map of the Human Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th
See how the human heart moves blood through the body in this animated feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" Web site.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: A System of Transport

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, students are required to work in teams to simulate the volume of blood moving through the circulatory system by transferring blliquid into-and through-a series of containers.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Feel Better Faster: All About Flow Rate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
All of us have felt sick at some point in our lives. Many times, we find ourselves asking, "What is the quickest way that I can start to feel better?" During this two-lesson unit, students study that question and determine which form of...
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Texas A&M University

Organ Systems: Story Time: William Harvey

For Students 9th - 10th
William Harvey, doctor during the Age of Enlightenment, challenged mainstream understanding of the heart and the circulation of blood. Read about his early education and his scientific inquiry.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Habits of the Heart: Lessons: Blood Circulation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teacher directed lesson plan where students dramatize the flow of blood through the heart.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.23 Heart

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand how the human heart pumps and controls the blood flow in the body.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Heart Is a Pump

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan learners will understand the concept of circulation beginning at the heart, a complex pump that provides the initial force for blood flow through the body. Students will learn about the internal structures of the...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: The Lungs

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn the overall function of the human lungs, and then summarize the blood flow pattern associated with the lungs.

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