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.
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.
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National Institutes of Health
Nhlbi: Heart Health and Prevention of Heart Disease [Pdf]
A downloadable PDF comic booklet with information on how to prevent heart disease and promote healthy hearts.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Hypertension?
This resource from Khan Academy provides information about hypertension, a circulatory system disease. Students will learn the basic facts about this disease.
Other
Read Works: The Human Body: The Human Heart [Pdf]
An informational text about the human heart, its parts, and it functions. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:scientific American: Affairs of the Heart: Exploring Vessel Physics
Explore the relationship between pressure and vessel diameter and create a model that represents how elevated blood pressure may affect weakened vessels. Design and critique a repair device.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Microgravity
In this lesson young scholars will use water balloons to simulate the effects of gravity and microgravity on fluid distribution in the body.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Circulatory Diseases: Overview of Heart Failure
This unit overview provides information about heart failure. This information is intended for college students who are taking courses in the health and medical fields.
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.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Lesson Plan: Valves and Pumps
In this interesting site, students see how valves and pumps work together to move blood through the circulatory system. Site contains related links.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Peripheral Arterial Disease and Claudication
This article provides information about peripheral arterial disease and claudication (poor circulation) and related health problems it.
CNN
Cnn: Patient Gets 1st Totally Implanted Artificial Heart
In July 2001, a major advancement in medical science was made. Find out about the first completely implanted artificial heart that totally replaced the function of the human heart. Read about what the AbioCor is and view a video on the...
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.
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.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Heart
Find out why your heart beats and perform an experiment to see your pulse moving.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Human Heart
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the anatomy and function of the human heart.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Science Projects and Experiments: Pulse and Heartbeat
Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project about the heartbeat and pulse.
Other
Cartage.org: Abnormal Circulation
Causes of heart failure, signs and characteristics of heart failure, pathologic conditions resulting in heart failure, and more are the topics addressed in this thorough resource.
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.
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.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Circulation
An extensive page on the circulatory system in general. Scroll down to section 49.3 and you will find a simple comparison of the reptilian system to the other vertebrae systems.
BBC
Bbc: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Circulation
Background information review of key concepts about the circulatory system, including the heart and pulse. Tis site provides diagrams, activities, and quiz questions.
WebMD
Web Md: Congenital Heart Disease
WebMD offers information on congenital heart disease, including types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Oxygen Levels May Determine Cardiac Muscle Regeneration
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions based on the given bar graphs showing apoptosis and cytokinesis rates.