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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Circulatory System

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
The topic of this video is sure to get hearts pumping! Mia and Zoe just finish racing and discuss what is going on in the circulatory system. They expound on the capillaries, veins, arteries, the structure of the heart, and the...
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Curated OER

Circulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners define the functions of the circulatory system.  In this body circulation lesson students see how engineers have involvement with the circulatory system. 
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Curated OER

Pulse and Blood Pressure

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this blood pressure activity, learners compare their heart rate at rest and after exercise and their blood pressure at rest and after exercise. This activity has 6 fill in the blank and 12 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Respiration, Circulation, and Excretion

For Students 5th - 12th
In this body systems worksheet, students place 11 vocabulary words into a word puzzle by matching the terms with their definition. The vocabulary words are review of the respiratory, circulatory, and urinary body systems.
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Curated OER

Your Beating Heart - Circulatory System

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students illustrate a schematic circulatory system of a human body including heart, lungs, arteries, veins and capillaries. Next, students conduct an experiment to increase understanding of the relationship between heart rate/pulse and...
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Curated OER

Inflamm-O-Stories: Progression and Regression of Atherosclerosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in activities to learn about Atherosclerosis.  In this investigative lesson students participate in activities that allow them to describe parts of the body, analyze changes in the body and write a story about their...
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Curated OER

Surface Anatomy

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this anatomy worksheet, students identify auscultation and palpation through a lab exercise. They identify various features on the face, neck and cranium and describe their significance. Students also identify points for injection,...
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Curated OER

Clogged Arteries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in active demonstrations to explore the understanding of cholesterol in an artery. Students stand outside hula hoops to represent an artery. When they are tagged, they become a piece of cholesterol. Learners...
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Curated OER

Blood Vessels Lab

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this blood vessel worksheet, students compare microscope slides of arteries, veins, and capillaries. This worksheet has 43 fill in the blank questions.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Our Systematic Body

For Teachers 1st
Students explore several parts of the body system in the eight lessons of this unit. Through several hands-on activities, the skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory and nervous systems are observed.
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Curated OER

Artery Demonstration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn what may happen when they do not eat properly or participate in physical activity regularly
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Cardiovascular System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Day in the Life of Your Heart

For Students 3rd - 5th
Heart rates can be determined by the amount of physical activity your body is engaging in. The more physically active you are, the faster your heart beats. You can measure the rate your heart is beating by taking your pulse. This science...
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Unit Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Heart and Circulation

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Structure and Function of Blood Vessels

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the structure and function of the blood vessels of the human cardiovascular system.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Clearing a Path to the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Following the engineering design process and acting as biomedical engineers, student teams use everyday materials to design and develop devices and approaches to unclog blood vessels. They learn about the circulatory system, biomedical...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Artificial Heart Design Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let the Blood Flow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work as biomedical engineers to find liquid solutions that can clear away polyvinyl acetate polymer "blood clots" in model arteries (made of clear, flexible tubing). Teams create samples of the "blood clot" polymer with...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blood Clots, Polymers and Strokes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Circulation

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Other

Story md.com: Atherosclerosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is a sticky substance made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in the blood. Over time, plaque hardens and narrows your arteries....
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Your Heart Is an Amazing Organ

For Students 4th - 6th
A tutorial that explores the heart which is one of the most important organs for life! Learn all about the heart including the four chambers, pulmonary artery and veins, the aorta and the valves as you navigate through this tutorial. A...
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: Cerebral Softening Stroke

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a photograph of a post-stroke brain.
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Handout
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Blood Vessels

For Students 9th - 10th
What are blood vessels and what do they do? Find out here at this Franklin Institute site!