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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Clearing a Path to the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Health Talk Online: Heart Failure

For Students 9th - 10th
What is heart failure? What is the difference between a heart attack and heart failure? What role does stress in heart failure? These questions are answered by a doctor or a number of people who have actually experienced heart failure.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, available in English or French, presents general information on heart health and research news. Learn what heart disease is and how it can be prevented and treated through diet and exercise.
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PBS

Nova Online: Troubled Hearts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Detection of Myocardial Infarction

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete a five-question quiz concerning the heart attack.
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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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Other

Dr mirkin.com: Iron, Other Minerals and Heart Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a doctor's report on how iron intake could be related to heart attack incidents.
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Story md.com: Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Ldl/hdl Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
Under certain conditions, the risk of developing coronary heart disease (strokes, heart attack) cannot be properly assessed only by looking at a person's lipids test results. In these cases, the LDL "bad cholesterol" to HDL "good...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Calculating Coronary Artery Disease Risk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity focuses on coronary heart disease and heart attacks. Students will learn about risk factors, how to decrease one's risk, and why it is important. They look at three fictitious patients and assess their risk...
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American Heart Association

Aha: Heart Disease and Stroke Encyclopedia: Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is provided by the American Heart Association and it covers a range of topics included under statistics. Heart disease and stroke statistics are provided, along with fact sheets and international cardiovascular disease...
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Read Works

Read Works: Broken Hearts

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about heart defects and cardiac arrest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Heart Healthy Foods

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on the topic of heart healthy foods. The site is fairly in-depth with links scattered throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Read Works

Read Works: Pumping Up the Heart

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the heart and what can be done when the muscle weakens. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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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Other

Med Help: The World's Largest Health Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Med Help is designed to help "patients find the highest quality medical information in the world today." It includes an eNewsletter, news from The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center and ABC TV, and a list of articles which can be searched by...
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University of California

Uci Heart Disease Prevention Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this website and read articles on heart-disease prevention and medical research. Addressing topics such as cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diet, this website provides help for everyone concerned about their cardiovascular...
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CNN

Cnn: How Keeping Your Cool Could Help Your Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Type A personalities or individuals with a "short fuse" may be 3 times more likely to have a heart attack. This CNN research article provides support for stress reduction techniques like yoga.
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Curated OER

Yahoo! Health: What Is a Heart Attack?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Yahoo! Health discusses a heart attack. Learn what you can do to prevent having a heart attack and check out images showing the parts of the heart, the build up of plaque in arteries, and ECG waves after a heart attack.
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Other

Heart Point: Regulation of Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic information concerning blood pressure, including primary and secondary causes of high blood pressure and methods used to treat it.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Heart Failure

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the MayoClinic.com provides great information on congestive heart failure. The article includes links to topics such as: signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, screening and diagnosis, complications, treatment and...
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CNN

Cnn: Patient Gets 1st Totally Implanted Artificial Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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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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Allison's Heart: Uss Cole Memorial Tribute

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a memorial in remembrance of those who died in the terrorist attack of the USS Cole in October 2000. Content includes the names and pictures of the victims.

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