TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Feel Better Faster: All About Flow Rate
All of us have felt sick at some point in our lives. Many times, we find ourselves asking, "What is the quickest way that I can start to feel better?" During this two-lesson unit, students study that question and determine which form of...
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: The Heart Valves
Labeled diagram of the heart valves shows how blood flows through the heart.
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Body Circulation
Middle schoolers are introduced to the circulatory system, the heart, and blood flow in the human body. Through guided pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities, students learn about the circulatory system's parts,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Detection of Myocardial Infarction
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete a five-question quiz concerning the heart attack.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Go With the Flow
In this effective site, students will name the parts of the heart and trace the flow of blood through the body. Contains related links.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Heart
Find out why your heart beats and perform an experiment to see your pulse moving.
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.
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.
Other
Digital Frog: Frog Circulation
A digital diagram from Digital Frog of the circulatory system of a frog. Very nice, and very fake since it is not a real frog.