eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Basics on High Blood Pressure
Examines high blood pressure or hypertension, what it is, how it is diagnosed, factors that affect blood pressure, types of hypertension, risk factors, complications from high blood pressure, how it can be treated, and prevention...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is Blood Pressure?
In this lesson plan students measure their own blood pressure and learn about the health effects of high blood pressure.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Blood Pressure Works?
If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they'd be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to the body's tissues. What effect does this pressure have on the walls...
WebMD
Web Md: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
This article from WebMD Health provides information on high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension. Provides a good overview of the problem, then goes into some frequently asked questions, causes, symptoms, risks, treatment and...
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
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.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic, S Id High Blood Pressure
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.
Other
Understanding Race: Hypertension
This brief site explains the connection between genes and societal pressures in bringing about hypertension.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Why Is It Important to Eat Fruit?
Learn about the connection between eating fruit and preventing cardiovascular diseases, reducing the risk for diabetes, and maintaining a healthy body. Also, read about the nutrients that are found in fruits. Includes a link to further...
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Heart Disease Risk Factors
One-page article answers questions about heart disease risk factors in children and teenagers including high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.
Other
Cardiovascular Disease: Facts, Prevention, Treatment
This site discusses lifestyle changes, nutrients, and medical options and precautions.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Turner Syndrome
Turner Syndrome affects about 1 in every 2000 females. This can cause many of the changes that take place during puberty to not develop. This article focuses on the effects of Turner Syndrome and how people live with the disorder. Links...
Other
Vitamin C and Vascular Disease
How can vitamin C help prevent heart problems and improve the health of those who already have vascular disease? Which animals are unable to produce their own vitamin C? How does vitamin C deficiency affect the body? Learn the answers to...