Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Coronary Artery Disease
One-page article with a complete overview of coronary artery disease (CAD), including diagrams, causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Carotid Artery Disease
One-page article with useful information on carotid artery disease, including diagrams, causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Heart Disease Risk Factors
One-page article answers questions about heart disease risk factors in children and teenagers including high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Cardioverter Defibrillator
One-page article answers questions about arrhythmias and the need for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) including diagrams, how they work, and tips for living with one.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Getting Healthy: Nutrition: Guidelines for Children
An overview of the dietary recommendations for babies, children and teens. Topics include the benefits of breastfeeding, calorie recommendations by age, and suggestions for a balanced diet.
Read Works
Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the damage smoking does to the body. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in determining the author's purpose.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Nose
It sniffs and smells, but how does it work? Find out more in this nose video and activity guide. [4:22]
Curated OER
Kids Health: I Don't Like Sports, So How Can I Stay Fit?
This online resource is for kids who aren't inclined to playing sports but who want to stay in good physical shape. Here, read about various fun activities, chores, and games that will help keep your muscles strong and your heart and...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Your Beating Heart
In this lesson plan site, the students will learn about the circulatory system and perform an experiment where they take their pulse after various activities.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Family Doctor: Why Exercise Is Wise
In order to exercise we usually need to be motivated. This article may motivate you to find the benefits of physical fitness as well as provide some suggestions for its implementation. Links to related articles are also provided.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Old Wives' Tales
Will wearing shoes help a baby walk sooner? Does caffeine stunt a child's growth? Does chocolate cause acne? Find old wives' tales about pregnancy, infants, food, coffee, and illness, and answers to the above questions.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: High Cholesterol
Thorough overview of high cholesterol. Includes information on symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and much more.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Heart Disease
Although this disease mainly affects older people, it is important to know what it is, how you get it, and what you as a kid can start doing to prevent it.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Cpr: A Real Lifesaver
Learn how artificial respiration can help save a life. This website includes definitions terms "artificial respiration," "rescue breathing," and "chest compressions" and lists the emergency situations that would require someone to use...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Keeps on Pumpin'
In this interactive site, students will measure and calculate heart rates and determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Pulse of Life
Students measure their pulse rate and explore how heart rate is affected by various activities.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Lub Dub (Valves)
In this concise site, students investigate the source of the sounds of the heart. Contains related connecting links.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Videos Y Multimedia
Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Circulation
Check Steve's cardiovascular health before he starts filming his dangerous wildlife special. Following the activity, read more about the heart, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
Other
Story md.com: Cardiovascular Continuum
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...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Effects of Tobacco
This lesson engages students in learning about the negative impact of tobacco. Students will demonstrate their learning by writing what they have learned on hearts that will be strung together and displayed. Students will also write...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's With All the Pressure?
Students learn how to take blood pressure by observing a teacher demonstration and then practicing on fellow classmates in small groups. Once the hands-on component of this activity is completed, the class brainstorms and discusses how...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: Pump, Jump, Thump!
Shows activities children do that keep their hearts healthy. Includes audio narration in 13 additional languages with text in English.
National Institutes of Health
Pdf: Prevention of Heart Disease (Spanish) [Pdf]
A downloadable PDF comic book in Spanish with information on how to prevent heart disease and promote healthy hearts.