The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Heart and Circulation
A complete, self-paced lesson on the heart and circulation. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: The Heart and Circulation
Educational site provides an overview of the heart and circulation. Included, are six sections and a quiz.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Map of the Human Heart
See how the human heart moves blood through the body in this animated feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" Web site.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System
With this resource, visitors can learn how the heart works and about the parts of the heart, the circulation of blood and heart health. The resource is also available in Spanish. Includes audio.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Amazing Heart Facts
This feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" highlights facts about the heart, including its size and placement, and will help you to understand the importance of this wondrous organ in our bodies.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Heart Is a Pump
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...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: It Begins With the Heart
In this lesson, students can learn basic information about the human heart, including its role in circulation, and its external appearance.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Examining the Heart
In this instructional activity, students will examine sheep or chicken hearts to learn about heart structure and the flow of blood through the heart.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is Blood Pressure?
For this lesson students measure their own blood pressure and learn about the health effects of high blood pressure.
Other
World Invisible: The Human Circulatory System: Blood Circulation
A labeled diagram of the major veins and arteries in the human body.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Habits of the Heart: Lessons: Blood Circulation
Teacher directed lesson plan where students dramatize the flow of blood through the heart.
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Circulation
Check Steve's cardiovascular health before he starts filming his dangerous wildlife special. Following the activity, read more about the heart, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: From the Heart
This video segment describes the basics of the circulatory system: how the heart pumps the blood that carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. [3:14]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Vessels
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The blood vessels are an important part of the cardiovascular system. They connect the heart to every cell in the body. Arteries carry blood away from the heart,...
Earth Life
Earth Life: Blood
A very good description of the blood and circulatory systems of mammals and the important role that blood plays in the physiology of animals.
PBS
Nova Online: Troubled Hearts
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: Amazing Heart Facts
This concise PBS NOVA site contains interesting facts about the heart and how it works.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: A System of Transport
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.
PBS
Nova Online: Map of the Human Heart
This PBS site has a concise explanation of how the heart works. There is also a moving diagram of a working heart.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Vessel Development, Fetal Circulation
Students learn about the development of blood vessels, and how this contrbutes to fetal circulation.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System
The circulatory system and how it functions are explained. An interactive diagram shows how blood flows through the heart. Disorders of the heart and the circulatory system are also described.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: The Structure of the Heart
Description of the structure of the heart including the valves.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiopulmonary Sys Transportation
Through informational text along with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems, students discover how the structures of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems work together and function as one. Provides lots of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Body Circulation
Middle schoolers are introduced to the circulatory system, the heart, and blood flow in the human body. Through guided pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities, students learn about the circulatory system's parts,...