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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Pressure

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The health of your whole body depends on the good health of your cardiovascular system. One measure of the health of your cardiovascular system is blood pressure....
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts on high blood pressure and how to live a more heart-healthy life. Find out how you can reduce your risks for heart attack and stroke with proper monitoring by a healthcare provider and simple lifestyle changes, even if you...
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National Institutes of Health

Nhlbi: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed guide to lowering high blood pressure. Content includes a focus on what normal blood pressure is vs. high blood pressure, detection measures, treatment, issues for women, and much more.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:worried Sick: Watch Your Pressure

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Take and interpret blood pressure, and explore how thinking about a stressful situation may elevate these parameters.
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Science Daily

Science Daily: Link Between Excess "Free Radicals", High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides information about medical researchers discovering that high blood pressure may be partly regulated by antioxidants including vitamin C and E.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Coronary Heart Disease and Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about coronary heart disease and blood pressure and answer the follow-up questions.
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Other

National Kidney Foundation: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Although there is no cure for high blood pressure, this concise but informative site provides insight into how high blood pressure is treated what can be done to control blood presssure.
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Healthline Media

Medical News Today: Articles: Hypertension: What Is High Blood Pressure?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about high blood pressure, its causes, symptoms, and treatment. Also learn how blood pressure is measured and controlled.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Gauge Pressure, Absolute Pressure, and Pressure Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define gauge pressure and absolute pressure and to understand the working of aneroid and open-tube barometers.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Pressures in the Body

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter covers the different types of fluid pressures in the human body and how they are measured. Includes problems and exercises.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How the Heart Actually Pumps Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
For most of history, scientists weren't quite sure why our hearts were beating or even what purpose they served. Eventually, we realized that these thumping organs serve the vital task of pumping clean blood throughout the body. But how?...
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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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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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Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: High Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article answers questions about high blood pressure: effects, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MayoClinic.com discusses hypertension. Content explores what hypertension is, the signs and symptoms, causes and risk factors, screening and diagnosis, treatment, and more.
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Other

Diseases Explained: Treatment of Hypertension

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a list of antihypertensive drugs used as therapy for patients with high blood pressure and the function of each kind.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
From MedlinePlus, a video tutorial featuring information on blood pressure with accompanying text.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Your Heart Does Work: A Relationship of Pressure and Volume

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graph to complete the five-question quiz related to how the heart works including the relationship of pressure and volume.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Blood Vessels

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the different types of blood vessels and their roles.
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National Institutes of Health

Nih: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
View various resources on cardiovascular health. Included at this website, in addition to general resources on heart and lung health, are write-ups on various research studies and medical and technological advances.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Blood Vessels

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will learn how to compare different types of blood vessels and their roles.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Effects of High Blood Pressure on the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the chart to complete a five-question quiz concerning the circulatory system.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Does Chocolate Really Lower Your Blood Pressure?

For Students 9th - 10th
Alex Dainis puts some media hype around dark chocolate's health benefits to the test. [3:08]
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic, S Id High Blood Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to assess understanding of how study design dictates whether a conclusion of causation is warranted and whether there can be a cause-and-effect conclusion. Explanations are provided.

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