National Health Museum
Access Excellence: The Heart and the Circulatory System
Access Excellence offers detailed information, including diagrams and photos, about the anatomy of the heart and its central role in the circulatory system.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Circulatory System
A detailed overview of the circulatory system, including plasma and proteins. Designed as lesson plans, this site can be helpful for students as well.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: The Lymphatic System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Almost all of us have had a sore throat at some time. Maybe you had your tonsils out when you were younger? Why? Your tonsils are two lumps of tissue that work as...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Circulatory System Questions
This is a ten-question quiz on the Circulatory system.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Circulatory System
Detailed information about the many functions and components of the cardiovascular system. Also looks at the lymphatic system and cardiovascular disease.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Circulatory System Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the circulatory system.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: The Human Body: Circulatory System
An animated video, with an accompanying quiz, explains how the circulatory system works.
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Kids learn.org: Circulatory System
What do you know about the circulatory system? This site features several links to help you increase your knowledge of this fascinating human body system.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Circulatory System
This lesson will examine the flow of blood as it moves through the pulmonary circuit.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: A System of Transport
In this lesson, 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
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]
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Circulatory System Internet Workshop
This site features a circulatory system internet workshop focused on diseases and healthy living. Students and teachers will benefit from the resources linked to this site.
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State Altoona Biology: Circulatory System: Frog Dissection
This resource provides a look at the circulatory system of a frog in dissection.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Circulatory System
This StudyCards stack enables students to review the vocabulary encountered when studying the circulatory system.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Quiz: Circulatory Systems
Take this ten-question review quiz over the circulatory systems of animals. Read more about each question after an incorrect answer is given.
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.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The Circulatory System of Fish
Describes the anatomy of a fish's circulatory system and how the blood circulates in a fish.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: How the Circulatory System of a Pig Works
Describes the parts of a pig's circulatory system and how its blood circulates. Circulation in a pig fetus is also described as it has differences.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Clearing a Path to the Heart
Following the engineering design process and acting as biomedical engineers, student teams use everyday materials to design and develop devices and approaches to unclog blood vessels. They learn about the circulatory system, biomedical...
Estrella Mountain Community College
M.j. Farabee: Circulatory Systems
A comprehensive guide to the various types of circulatory systems, including the vertebrate cardiovascular system, the vertebrate vascular systems, the heart, the vascular system, blood, the lymphatic system, learning objectives and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Traffic Jams in the Circulatory System!
Students will discover how atherosclerosis can cause plaque build up in the inner walls of arteries leading to hardening of the arteries which leads to cardiac disease. Students will research atherosclerosis using the Internet and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Effects of High Blood Pressure on the Heart
Read this passage and study the chart to complete a five-question quiz concerning the circulatory system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Circulatory System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will begin to understand and define cardiovascular disease, and list its risk factors.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human cardiovascular system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.