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Inner Body

Innerbody: Cardiovascular System

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the parts of the cardiovascular system including all of the major arteries and veins. Make sure to click on the interactive animation to find additional information.
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Diffen

Diffen: Arteries vs. Veins

For Students 5th - 9th
Find out about the basics of arteries and veins with this comparison chart. Then read the article, study the diagrams, and watch the video to learn more about blood vessels.
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Treehut

Suzy's World: Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out why your heart beats and perform an experiment to see your pulse moving.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cardiovascular System

For Students 4th - 9th
A great overview of the Cardiovascular System, its structure and functions. See diagrams of the heart, and learn how the blood flows through the heart.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Amazing Heart Facts

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Circulatory System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A detailed overview of the circulatory system, including plasma and proteins. Designed as lesson plans, this site can be helpful for students as well.
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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and watch how the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels keep the blood flowing through our bodies. [6:00]
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Peripheral Arterial Disease and Claudication

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides information about peripheral arterial disease and claudication (poor circulation) and related health problems it.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Kids Work! History of Medicine

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: What Makes Up Our Circulatory System?

For Students 5th - 7th
Help Atua learn how our blood works, and what our circulatory system has to do with this.
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PBS

Pbs Nova Online: Amazing Heart Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
This concise PBS NOVA site contains interesting facts about the heart and how it works.
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PBS

Nova Online: Map of the Human Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site has a concise explanation of how the heart works. There is also a moving diagram of a working heart.
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a detailed index of photographs for cardiovascular pathology. You can see what a normal human heart looks like and what a sick one looks like too. Come and check it out.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Circulatory System Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the circulatory system.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Quiz: Circulatory Systems

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this ten-question review quiz over the circulatory systems of animals. Read more about each question after an incorrect answer is given.
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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute Online: The Structure of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the structure of the heart including the valves.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Circulatory System: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Five multiple-choice quiz questions covering the human circulatory system. Students have the opportunity to check their answers after submitting their results.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Microgravity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson students will use water balloons to simulate the effects of gravity and microgravity on fluid distribution in the body.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Lesson Plan: Lub Dub (Valves)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this concise site, students investigate the source of the sounds of the heart. Contains related connecting links.
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Other

Digital Frog: Frog Circulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital diagram from Digital Frog of the circulatory system of a frog. Very nice, and very fake since it is not a real frog.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Harvey

For Students 9th - 10th
William Harvey discovered that blood circulates through the body in 1628.
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North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Kids learn.org: Circulatory System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.

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