Curated OER
Black Tiger Academy Martial Arts Fitness Unit – Lesson 3
“A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.” Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts lesson three of 20 focuses on cardiovascular exercise and activities that get that heart pumping. There are quite a few activities to...
Curated OER
How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?
Students explore the basic anatomy and functions of the cardiovascular system. They identify parts of the cardiovascular system according to the levels of organization. In addition, they trace the path of a blood cell through the...
Curated OER
Body and Blood
Students explore the cardiovascular system. Through the use of video, students observe the heart pumping an oxygen-enriched blood supply through arteries to the muscles in use during exercise. They participate in activities to explore...
Curated OER
Risk Factors, Symptoms, Prevention
Students study the importance of life style choices in keeping good heart health. In this cardiovascular instructional activity students complete activities that allow them to better understand risk factors and prevention of getting...
Curated OER
Where Does the Blood Go?
Students investigate where the blood in our hearts travels by observing a diagram in class. In this cardiovascular lesson, students examine their own heart by checking their pulse in class. Students investigate a human body diagram and...
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Body Systems
Students view a video, they summarize the function or job of each body system. They are asked why is it important that athletes in training or a person who wants to tone muscles or stay healthy should comprehend how the systems could...
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance
Young scholars in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating...
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Cardiovascular Fitness
Students design a cardiovascular fitness program that encourages them to implement it in their daily lives.
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Geographical Distance Skating
Students get a cardiovascular workout while applying geographical concepts and processes by keeping track of mileage traveled from location to location until reaching the state capital.
Curated OER
Volleyball Work It Out
High schoolers practice volleyball skill-related activities while working on cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
Curated OER
Jogging Chicken Dance
Young scholars engage in a light cardiovascular instant activity while actively listening for audible cues.
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...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Heart and Circulation
A complete, self-paced lesson on the heart and circulation. Students work their way through illustrations and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Homeostatic Regulation of Vascular System
Students can learn about the homeostatic regulation of the vascular system, and find out how exercise affects it.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Structure and Function of Blood Vessels
Learn the structure and function of the blood vessels of the human cardiovascular system.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Heart Anatomy
Students learn the anatomy and physiology of the human heart through text readings, illustrated diagrams, and self-checking review questions at the end.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Videos Y Multimedia
Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Artificial Heart Design Challenge
Students are presented with a hypothetical scenario in which they are biomedical engineers asked to design artificial hearts. Using the engineering design process as a guide, the challenge is established and students brainstorm to list...
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Anatomy of the Human Heart
Take an interactive tour of the human heart. Click on each part of the illustration to read more information about each structure.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Post Test
An eleven question assessment covering the circulatory and respiratory systems of the human body. After the quiz is completed, answers can be checked with a click of the mouse.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Pretest
Try these eleven multiple choice questions which assess understanding of the circulatory and respiratory systems. The quiz is self-checking after it is completed.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Cardiovascular Technician
This site, published by the Department of Labor Statistics, provides information related to the Cardiovascular Technician Career. Employment projections and trends are detailed with a brief description of the profession.
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.