Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Cardiac Conduction System
This lesson will explain and identify the components of the cardiac conduction system.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cardiac Cycle and Cardiac Conduction System
Determine the components of the cardiac cycle.
PBS
Nova Online: Map of the Human Heart
This PBS site has a concise explanation of how the heart works. There is also a moving diagram of a working heart.
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.
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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.
University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba: Respiratory System
This site from the University of Manitoba provides an explanation of the purpose and structure of the respiratory and circulatory systems. Follow the link to the images.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Human Body Systems
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to some of the major organs of the human body. Visual aids provide focused information on the heart and circulatory system as well as the brain and the eye.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The New Zoos: Doctor Fish
Investigate the evolution of the heart and circulatory system in mammals by studying the anatomy of hearts in other animals. Create models of the hearts of fish, amphibians and mammals.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Lymph System Cleaning Up the Fluids
Find out what the lymphatic system does, how it works with other systems, and the significance of keeping an eye on the lymph nodes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Imaginary Journey Through a System of the Body
The students will choose one of the systems of the human body, such as circulatory, respiratory, digestive, or nervous system, and imagine that they are inside it. They will write a description of what a journey through this system of...
Rice University
Rice University: N Squad: Alcohol and Body Systems
Three problem-solving detective games involve players in investigations of the effect of alcohol on the body's digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Earth Life
Earth Life: Blood
A very good description of the blood and circulatory systems of mammals and the important role that blood plays in the physiology of animals.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Aparatos Circulatorio Y Excretor
This unit explores two important systems related to the functions of nutrition: the circulatory and excretory system. It contains 9 interactive activities.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Vessels
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The blood vessels are an important part of the cardiovascular system. They connect the heart to every cell in the body. Arteries carry blood away from the heart,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Blood Clots, Polymers and Strokes
Students are introduced to the circulatory system with an emphasis on the blood clotting process, including coagulation and the formation and degradation of polymers through their underlying atomic properties. They learn about the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the 11 organ systems of the body, giving a brief overview of their function. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Organ Systems."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organ Systems: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce the 11 organ systems of the body, giving a brief overview of their function. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Organ Systems."
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Body Zone: The Heart
An introduction to the different regions of the heart, along with a description of the hearts function. A good overview site.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Molarity, Molality, Osmolarity, Osmolality, and Tonicity What's the Difference?
See how each of these terms tells us something different about a solution.