+
Handout
US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Cardiac Rehabilitation

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial presents information about cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is necessary to maintain heart health. The heart, angina, exercise, prevention, obesity and other risk factors are covered.
+
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Electrocardiograph Building

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will build upon the concepts taught in the lesson The Strongest Pump of All. The activity will pull together the concepts of bioelectricity, electrical circuits, and biology. It will allow the students the opportunity to...
+
Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: About Kids Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
+
Article
WebMD

Web Md: Heart Attack Treatments

For Students 9th - 10th
In WebMD's entry on heart attacks, there is a section on treatments and diagnosis. Read about the various things that can be done to improve your health and decrease your risk of having a heart attack.
+
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Health Topic: Women's Health

For Students 9th - 10th
From assisted reproductive technology to women's safety and health issues at work, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covers many women's health issues.
+
Website
National Institutes of Health

Nih: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
View various resources on cardiovascular health. Included at this website, in addition to general resources on heart and lung health, are write-ups on various research studies and medical and technological advances.
+
Website
Government of Canada

Health Living: Smoking Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about all the different diseases you can get by smoking. Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, smoke, and lung cancer, to name just a few. Find out the link between impotence and smoking, as well as to bronchitis and...
+
Website
University of Utah

University of Utah: Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Index

For Students 9th - 10th
Index of images of various types of atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
+
Article
Other

Story md.com: Heart Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Learn about the different types of heart diseases, and what you can do to try to prevent them.
+
Article
Other

Story md.com: Cardiovascular Continuum

For Students 9th - 10th
The significance of the cardiovascular continuum is its emphasis on prevention. By treating risk factors that occur early in the cardiovascular continuum, like hypertension, diabetes, high blood fat levels, and smoking, it may be...
+
Website
American Heart Association

American Heart Association: American Heart Association Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn basic information about heart health and what heart disease is. Also, read about various heart conditions, treatments and risk factors, and lifestyle changes which support heart health. The site can be translated into several...
+
Activity
American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Smoking & Cardiovascular Disease (Heart Disease)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the risks of smoking and how it causes cardiovascular disease. The article includes the risks and health effects of smoking, information on secondhand smoke, and resources and tools for kicking the habit.
+
Website
Remedy Health Media

Health Central: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
+
Website
National Institutes of Health

Nih: The Heart Truth: A Campaign for Women About Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive resource offers information about cardiovascular diseases for women and includes major risk factors.
+
Website
American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Conditions: What Is Heart Disease?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about heart disease and related conditions and their causes.
+
Activity
American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Conditions: Arrhythmia

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed guide about heart arrhythmia and its eight specific types. Content includes information about the symptoms of the condition, a discussion of when treatment might be necessary, and descriptions of treatments.
+
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Fast Stats a to Z: Hypertension

For Students 9th - 10th
Statistical data provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This site offers US figures on hypertension, its prevalence and who it generally affects. Other data can be downloaded.
+
Article
California State University

Congestive Heart Failure: Signs and Symptoms of Danger

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about the signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure in children. It mentions increased heart and respiratory rate, wheezing and other chief complaints.
+
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Affairs of the Heart: A Healthy Diet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore the connection of saturated and unsaturated fats to arterial plaque buildup by building models of their molecular backbones. Examine your diet to determine whether you follow the guidelines suggested by the American Heart...
+
Website
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Spare Parts for the New Millennium

For Students 9th - 10th
The Why Files have provided information pertaining to retinal restoration, heart disease, and diabetes. The information is specific and well organized.
+
Graphic
University of Utah

University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
+
Activity
WebMD

Medicine Net: Heart Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MedicineNet.com provides great information on a myocardial infarction, otherwise known as a heart attack. Includes a definition and description, along with information on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options
+
Graphic
PBS

Nova Online: Troubled Hearts

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
+
Website
Other

Cardiovascular Disease: Facts, Prevention, Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses lifestyle changes, nutrients, and medical options and precautions.