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PPT
Curated OER

Circulatory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Excellent diagrams, labels and summaries make this resource be valuable to your students throughout the topic of circulation. All types of circulation vessels are explained, their structure and function is detailed, and the overall...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circulation

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this circulatory system instructional activity, students label the diagram of the heart to include each of the terms listed. Then the draw arrows showing the path of oxygen-rich blood and poor blood. Students describe pulmonary...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Saving a Life: Heart Valve Replacement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use their knowledge about how healthy heart valves function to design, construct and implant prototype replacement mitral valves for hypothetical patients' hearts. Building on what they learned in the associated lesson about...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's With All the Pressure?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to take blood pressure by observing a teacher demonstration and then practicing on fellow classmates in small groups. Once the hands-on component of this activity is completed, the class brainstorms and discusses how...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering the Heart: Heart Valves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn how healthy human heart valves function and the different diseases that can affect heart valves. They also learn about devices and procedures that biomedical engineers have designed to help people with damaged or diseased...
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Handout
Remedy Health Media

Heart Information Network: Mitral Valve Prolapse

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about mitral valve prolapse, the most common heart valve abnormality. Defines mitral valve prolapse. Lists some expected symptoms and risks. Gives suggestions on how to deal with this abnormality.
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Handout
US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Mitral Valve Prolapse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to various topics that will teach about mitral valve prolapse, or MVP. It covers symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and healthy living.