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Heart Disease & Stroke
Students study heart disease and how to prevent it. In this investigative lesson students list heart disease and stroke risk factors.
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Blood Pressure and Heart Disease
Students explore the major causes of heat attacks as the topics of the human circulatory system, blood pressure, heart disease, arteries and veins are examined. Opinions on the topics are developed as researched material is presented to...
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How to Protect Your Heart
High schoolers examine risk factors associated with heart disease and develop their own personal plans for decreasing the risk of heart disease.
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The Crisco Lab: A Demonstration of Diabetic Complications
Learners complete lab activities to illustrate the complications of diabetes. In this diabetes lesson, students work on labs that illustrate sugar in the blood and normal and atherosclerotic vessels. They demonstrate how diabetes can...
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AP: Chapter 42: Circulation & Gas Exchange
Immerse biology learners in circulation and gas exchange for both simple organisms and higher animals. Six pages of short-answer questions and labelling of the human respiratory system are included. This assignment was written for an...
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Phytochemicals
Students study what phytochemicals are, how they work and where you can find them. In this food chemicals lesson students complete and activity and study products that contain phytochemicals.
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Compare and Contrast Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Students use graphic organizers to compare and contrast Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. For this diabetes lesson, students are given information on the two major types of diabetes. They analyze how to compare and contrast the information.
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Fifth Grade Science
For this science worksheet, 5th graders answer multiple choice questions about the ocean, animals, rocks, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
Government of Canada
Health Living: Smoking Diseases
Learn about all the different diseases you can get by smoking. Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, smoke, and lung cancer, to name just a few. Find out the link between impotence and smoking, as well as to bronchitis and...
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American Stroke Association: Homepage
This site has information for people at risk of a stroke as well as those who have previously suffered from one.
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Canadian Heart Association: Stroke
This page is about the signs, symptoms, and prevention of stroke. Also has links to information regarding strokes and heart disease.
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International Health News Database: Vitamin B12
At this website, there are several summaries of medical studies and clinical trials on vitamin B12 and its role in preventing and treating various health conditions. Read about vitamin B12's role in fighting such conditions as...
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Healthfinder: Reduce Your Risk of Stroke
Provides an overview on the basics of risk factors that may contribute to a stroke along with tips on ways to prevent one. Interactives include a quiz and a tool to track your family history.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Operation: Flame Out!
Tells the story of how, as tobacco became more popular, it changed human health, and what the CDC did to fight the epidemic.
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American Heart Association: Aneurysm
This article offers brief information about what an aneurysm is and how to treat it.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Obesity?
Obesity is an escalating global epidemic. It substantially raises the probability of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. But what is the distinction between being overweight and being obese?...
National Institutes of Health
Nhlbi: Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure
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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Kids Health: What Do Food Labels Really Say?
An overview of food labeling history and importance, how to read food labels, basic components of a food label, and a comparison of different foods.