Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: The Cardiology Lab
A fascinating interactive laboratory in which simulations allow students to explore techniques of cardiac diagnosis and learn about cardiac structure/function. Excellent supporting information and resources for teachers and students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology: The Heart, Part 1: Under Pressure
Your heart gets a lot of attention from poets, songwriters, and storytellers, but today we'll learn how it really works. The heart's ventricles, atria, and valves create a pump that maintains both high and low pressure to circulate blood...
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Circulatory System
Narrated animation showing how the heart and the circulatory system transport blood throughout the body. (Length: 1 min. 8 sec.)
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Circulatory System
This short movie gives you a fun way to learn the basics of the heart and how the circulatory system works. From KidsHealth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Active Contraction vs. Passive Recoil
Go through the similarities and differences between the sarcomere and a slingshot! [7:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Circulatory and Respiratory System: Circulatory System and Heart
Introduction to the circulatory system and the heart. [14:56]