About Kids Health
About Kidshealth: The Normal Heart
Learn all about the normal heart including how it works and the parts of the heart.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Pacemaker
Article on arrhythmias with information about the heart's pacemaker.
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.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Be the Beat!
The American Heart Association wants to help create a new generation of life savers - teens who know how to perform CPR and use AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) to save lives. Be The Beat! teaches teens about heart health and...
Remedy Health Media
Heart Information Network: Mitral Valve Prolapse
Article about mitral valve prolapse, the most common heart valve abnormality. Defines mitral valve prolapse. Lists some expected symptoms and risks. Gives suggestions on how to deal with this abnormality.
Remedy Health Media
Health Central: Heart Attack
This site provides information about a heart attack: definition, care, and treatment of a heart attack. Discusses various treatments: cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and bypass surgery.
Other
South Coast Today: Fda Expands Use of Defibrillator
This article, by Paul Recer of the Associated Press, discusses the FDA's extended approval of defibrillator implants.
Other
American Physiological Society: Earl Howard Wood
Article about Earl Wood, past president of the American Physiological Society and a pioneer in cardiac catheterization.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Operation: Heart Transplant
Perform a virtual heart transplant in nineteen easy steps with this interactive feature from the NOVA: "Electric Heart" Web site. This interactive feature provides an in depth and realistic look at this procedure.
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.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Anatomy of the Human Heart
Take an interactive tour of the human heart. Click on each part of the illustration to read more information about each structure.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street
Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos,...
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Health Technologies
Learners investigate health technologies in the 20th century. Some topics examined are the heart, bionics, and bioengineering. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a key innovator.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mqed: Pacing the Heart
The downloadable monograph examines the cardiac pacemaker. Topics included are the history and current status of the device.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Heart Cross Section Game
Test your knowledge of the human cardiac muscle with this interactive labeling exercise for the heart.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: The Heart and Circulation
Educational site provides an overview of the heart and circulation. Included, are six sections and a quiz.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Poor Little Heart!
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Poor little Heart!", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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.
Earth Life
Earth Life: Blood
A very good description of the blood and circulatory systems of mammals and the important role that blood plays in the physiology of animals.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: Amazing Heart Facts
This concise PBS NOVA site contains interesting facts about the heart and how it works.
PBS
Nova Online: Troubled Hearts
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
SEDL
The Human Body [Pdf]
A large PDF unit that teaches young scholars about the human body systems. Incorporates many activities and integrates math and language arts.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Hyper Hearts: Tutorials
This sites gives a great break down of the cycles of the heart. An animated cross section shows how the blood being pumped into each chamber causes sound and in turn affects an electrocardiogram.
Other
Cardiovascular Disease: Facts, Prevention, Treatment
This site discusses lifestyle changes, nutrients, and medical options and precautions.