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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online lesson students will explain how the heart pumps blood throughout the body.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blood Pressure Basics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students 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...
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Interactive
University of Arizona

The University of Arizona: Pressure and Blood Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Article that explains what two things control our blood pressure. Part of a larger page on Mathematics and Blood Flow. Includes a quiz on pressure difference and resistance at bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Examining the Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students will examine sheep or chicken hearts to learn about heart structure and the flow of blood through the heart.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Put Your Heart Into Engineering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson contains background about the blood vascular system and the heart. Also, the different sizes of capillaries, veins, and arteries, and how they affect blood flow through the system. We will then proceed to talk about the...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: It Begins With the Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students can learn basic information about the human heart, including its role in circulation, and its external appearance.
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Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Science Museum of Minnesota

Habits of the Heart: Lessons: Blood Circulation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teacher directed lesson plan where learners dramatize the flow of blood through the heart.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Mighty Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the form and function of the human heart through the dissection of sheep hearts. They learn about the different parts of the heart and are able to identify the anatomical structures and compare them to the all of the...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heart to Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Aging Heart Valves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Heart Is a Pump

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson students will understand the concept of circulation beginning at the heart, a complex pump that provides the initial force for blood flow through the body. Students will learn about the internal structures of the heart,...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.23 Heart

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand how the human heart pumps and controls the blood flow in the body.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Go With the Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Heart

For Students 6th - 8th
[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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Your Heart Does Work: A Relationship of Pressure and Volume

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Body Circulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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, functions and...
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Handout
Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Valve Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of the heart valves shows how blood flows through the heart with useful information on causes, symptoms. diagnosis, and treatment of valve disease when this blood flow is disrupted.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Congestive Heart Failure and Diuretics

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage and study the graphic to complete the five-question quiz pertaining to Congestive Heart Failure and Diuretics.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: A System of Transport

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and watch how the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels keep the blood flowing through our bodies. [6:00]
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Go With the Flow

For Students 1st - 5th
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about the flow of blood.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Organ Systems: Story Time: William Harvey

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's With All the Pressure?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...

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