Curated OER
Rollie-Pollie - - Ceramic Art
Students are introduced to a variety of sculpting techniques: rolling, pinching and scoring. They practice utilizing additive and subtractive processes in making simple sculptural forms to depict bugs. Each student also interprets...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Blood Vessel Development, Fetal Circulation
Students learn about the development of blood vessels, and how this contrbutes to fetal circulation.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Blood Vessels
What are blood vessels and what do they do? Find out here at this Franklin Institute site!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Vessels
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The blood vessels are an important part of the cardiovascular system. They connect the heart to every cell in the body. Arteries carry blood away from the heart,...
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Merck Manual: Biology of the Heart
The Merck Manual describes the human heart and shows how the heart pumps blood. Includes interactive 3D models.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Heart
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online lesson students will explain how the heart pumps blood throughout the body.
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.
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...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: A Day in the Life of Your Heart
Heart rates can be determined by the amount of physical activity your body is engaging in. The more physically active you are, the faster your heart beats. You can measure the rate your heart is beating by taking your pulse. This science...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: It Begins With the Heart
In this lesson, students can learn basic information about the human heart, including its role in circulation, and its external appearance.
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]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Feeding a Hungry Heart
An intricate three-dimensional network of blood vessels nourishes the heart. Images like this can be used to make detailed comparisons of healthy and diseased hearts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Heart
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the heart pumps blood throughout the body.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Heart of the Matter
This lesson plan describes how the circulatory system works, including the heart, blood vessels and blood. Young scholars learn about the chambers and valves of the heart, the difference between veins and arteries, and the different...
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: The Structure of the Heart
Description of the structure of the heart including the valves.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Body Circulation
Middle schoolers are introduced to the circulatory system, the heart, and blood flow in the human body. Through guided pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities, students learn about the circulatory system's parts,...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: A System of Transport
In this instructional activity, 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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Pressure
[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....
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Merck Manual: Heart Failure
This site from the Merck Manual provides an in-depth article about heart failure provides some basic information about the heart, what exactly heart failure is, the two forms of heart failure, the different causes of both forms, the...
PBS
Pbs Teachers:scientific American: Affairs of the Heart: Exploring Vessel Physics
Explore the relationship between pressure and vessel diameter and create a model that represents how elevated blood pressure may affect weakened vessels. Design and critique a repair device.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Heart Attack
This article discusses signs and symptoms and prevention measures regarding heart attacks. A short chart is also provided on the risk factors involved in a heart attack.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that lets doctors get a better look at a person's heart and blood vessels. Learn all about it in this article for teens.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Circulatory System
Read and watch how the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels keep the blood flowing through our bodies. [6:00]
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Circulation
Check Steve's cardiovascular health before he starts filming his dangerous wildlife special. Following the activity, read more about the heart, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.