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Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: All About the Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids Health features this diagrammatically color-illustrated article about the human heart.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering the Heart: Heart Valves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn how healthy human heart valves function and the different diseases that can affect heart valves. They also learn about devices and procedures that biomedical engineers have designed to help people with damaged or diseased...
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Website
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Biology of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual describes the human heart and shows how the heart pumps blood. Includes interactive 3D models.
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Handout
WebMD

Medicine Net: Mitral Valve Prolapse

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MedicineNet.com provides a great article detailing mitral valve prolapse. Describes what it is and shows a chart to help. Discusses how mitral valve prolapse is diagnosed and evaluated, along with possible symptoms.
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Handout
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute Online: The Structure of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the structure of the heart including the valves.
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Handout
WebMD

Web Md: Congenital Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMD offers information on congenital heart disease, including types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Video: Cardiac Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
A video animation of the cardiac cycle. Follow the path of blood as it moves for the left atrium to the pulmonary system to the ventricles. The animation clearly shows the parts of the heart as they work together to pump blood. [1:22]