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: The Heart of Our Cardiovascular System
Students learn about the heart and its role at the center of the human cardiovascular system. In the associated activity, students play out a scenario in which they are biomedical engineers asked to design artificial hearts. They learn...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Heart to Heart
Students learn about the form and function of the human heart through lecture, research and dissection. They brainstorm ideas that pertain to various heart conditions and organize these ideas into categories that help them research...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Blood Pressure Basics
Learners study how heart valves work and investigate how valves that become faulty over time can be replaced with advancements in engineering and technology. Learning about the flow of blood through the heart, students are able to fully...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: A System of Transport
In this lesson, students are required to work in teams to simulate the volume of blood moving through the circulatory system by transferring blliquid into-and through-a series of containers.
Texas A&M University
Organ Systems: Story Time: William Harvey
William Harvey, doctor during the Age of Enlightenment, challenged mainstream understanding of the heart and the circulation of blood. Read about his early education and his scientific inquiry.
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Bernoulli's Equation
Students explore Bernoulli's equation. Some topics examined in the activities are fluids, blood flow, and Bernoulli's principle. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, and exam questions with detailed solutions.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Poiseuille's Law Diagram
This diagram shows the relationship of Poiseuille's Law to fluids, blood flow, viscosity, Bernoulli's Law, and resistance in vessels. Links to related topics.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Circulatory System
Read and watch how the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels keep the blood flowing through our bodies. [6:00]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: What Makes Your Blood Flow?
What can contribute to the way blood flows through the body? Find out in this tutorial.
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.
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.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Go With the Flow
This tutorial from Bill Nye shows how much energy your heart has to expend to pump blood, and demonstrates that it's easier to pump blood downward.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Your Heart Does Work: A Relationship of Pressure and Volume
Read this passage and study the graph to complete the five-question quiz related to how the heart works including the relationship of pressure and volume.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Habits of the Heart: Lessons: Blood Circulation
Teacher directed instructional activity where students dramatize the flow of blood through the heart.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Blood Pressure
From MedlinePlus, a video tutorial featuring information on blood pressure with accompanying text.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Go With the Flow
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about the flow of blood.