TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How the Heart Actually Pumps Blood
For most of history, scientists weren't quite sure why our hearts were beating or even what purpose they served. Eventually, we realized that these thumping organs serve the vital task of pumping clean blood throughout the body. But how?...
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.
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.
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Map of the Human Heart
See how the human heart moves blood through the body in this animated feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" Web site.
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...
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.
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
Students 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 diseased...
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: 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: 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: The Strongest Pump of All
In this instructional activity the students will learn how the heart functions. Students will be introduced to the concept of action potential generation. The instructional activity will explain how action potential generation causes the...
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.
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.
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.
How Stuff Works
How Stuff Works: How Quartz Watches Work
This article helps you undersatnd how the quartz watch functions. You will learn all about the amazing electronic phenomenon called the quartz crystal and how it forms the heart of a quartz watch!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Blood
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will learn to explain how the heart pumps blood throughout the body. Students will explain the composition of blood and will...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiopulmonary Sys Transportation
Through informational text along with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems, students discover how the structures of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems work together and function as one. Provides lots of...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Nose
It sniffs and smells, but how does it work? Find out more in this nose video and activity guide. [4:22]
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Anatomy of the Human Circulatory System
This site is produced by John W. Kimball, a retired biology teacher who wrote the textbook that these pages came from. The excerpt explains the different parts of the circulation system and how they function. Includes great pictures!