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.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Heart Rate Monitoring
In this task, 8th graders are asked to draw a graph that represents heart rate as a function of time from a verbal description of that function. Then they use the graph to draw conclusions about the context. Aligns with 8.F.B.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Heart
If you've ever wondered how your heart works, this movie and activity guide has the answer. [6:15]
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering the Heart: Heart Valves
Young scholars 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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Mighty Heart
Students learn about the form and function of the human heart through the dissection of sheep hearts. They learn about the different parts of the heart and are able to identify the anatomical structures and compare them to the all of the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Model Heart Valves
Students use provided materials to design and build prototype artificial heart valves. Their functioning is demonstrated using water to simulate the flow of blood through the heart. Upon completion, teams demonstrate their fully...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Saving a Life: Heart Valve Replacement
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Put Your Heart Into Engineering
This lesson contains background about the blood vascular system and the heart. Also, the different sizes of capillaries, veins, and arteries, and how they affect blood flow through the system. We will then proceed to talk about the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Artificial Heart Design Challenge
Students are presented with a hypothetical scenario in which they are biomedical engineers asked to design artificial hearts. Using the engineering design process as a guide, the challenge is established and students brainstorm to list...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Aging Heart Valves
In this unit, students learn about the form and function of the human heart through lecture, research and dissection. Following the steps of the Legacy Cycle, students brainstorm, research, design and present viable solutions to various...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heart to Heart
Young scholars learn about the form and function of the human heart through lecture, research and dissection. They brainstorm ideas that pertain to various heart conditions and organize these ideas into categories that help them research...
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Heart Valves Explained
Learn about the role of heart valves in how your heart functions and what happens when one is defective.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Valve Disease
Labeled diagram of the heart valves shows how blood flows through the heart with useful information on causes, symptoms. diagnosis, and treatment of valve disease when this blood flow is disrupted.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Heart
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What does the heart look like? How does it pump blood? Learn more about the heart in this learning module produced by CK-12.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Conditions: Arrhythmia: Defibrillation
A general overview of defibrillation, a procedure where the heart is given an electric shock in an effort to restore normal function. Learn about how this treatment is performed and its importance in treating cardiac arrest.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Blood
Answers questions about blood: what it is, its function, and types.
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.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index
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.
Other
Asl: Heart of Algebra: Chapters 19 21 (Sat and Psat Prep)
Chapter 19 Heart of Algebra focuses on the mastery of linear equations, systems of linear equations, and linear functions. The ability to analyze and create linear equations, inequalities, and functions is essential for success in...
Other
Read Works: The Human Body: The Human Heart [Pdf]
An informational text about the human heart, its parts, and it functions. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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.
CNN
Cnn: Patient Gets 1st Totally Implanted Artificial Heart
In July 2001, a major advancement in medical science was made. Find out about the first completely implanted artificial heart that totally replaced the function of the human heart. Read about what the AbioCor is and view a video on the...
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Body Zone: The Heart
An introduction to the different regions of the heart, along with a description of the hearts function. A good overview site.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cardiovascular System
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.