BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Heart and Circulation: Outside and Inside
In this activity students explore the human heart and circulatory system. To promote deeper understanding of key concepts, the activity also includes a procedure for observing preserved sheep hearts.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Anatomy of the Heart and Cardiovascular System
Overview of the cardiovascular system with labeled diagrams and reviews of the heart, torso, arm, leg, and blood, available through the links on the right.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Heart and Circulatory System
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.
Estrella Mountain Community College
M.j. Farabee: Circulatory Systems
A comprehensive guide to the various types of circulatory systems, including the vertebrate cardiovascular system, the vertebrate vascular systems, the heart, the vascular system, blood, the lymphatic system, learning objectives and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiopulmonary Sys Transportation
Through informational text along with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems, students discover how the structures of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems work together and function as one. Provides lots of...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: It Begins With the Heart
In this instructional activity, students can learn basic information about the human heart, including its role in circulation, and its external appearance.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Amazing Heart Facts
This feature from the NOVA: "Cut to the Heart" highlights facts about the heart, including its size and placement, and will help you to understand the importance of this wondrous organ in our bodies.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Anatomy of the Heart
One-page overview containing a detailed labeled diagram of the anatomy of the heart including the valves, conduction system, and circulatory system.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human cardiovascular system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Go With the Flow
For this effective site, pupils will name the parts of the heart and trace the flow of blood through the body. Contains related links.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: The Heart of the Matter
A good quick look at the comparative anatomy of the heart of a typical bird and the human heart. Gives some of the facts behind the differences.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Your Living Blood: It's Alive!
How does blood supply your body with the nourishment it needs? This site focuses on systemic circulation. Learn more about this fascinating part of your body when you check out this resource.