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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, available in English or French, presents general information on heart health and research news. Learn what heart disease is and how it can be prevented and treated through diet and exercise.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Calculating Coronary Artery Disease Risk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on coronary heart disease and heart attacks. Students will learn about risk factors, how to decrease one's risk, and why it is important. They look at three fictitious patients and assess their risk levels. Lesson and...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the many functions and components of the cardiovascular system. Also looks at the lymphatic system and cardiovascular disease.
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National Institutes of Health

Nih: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
View various resources on cardiovascular health. Included at this website, in addition to general resources on heart and lung health, are write-ups on various research studies and medical and technological advances.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Heart of Our Cardiovascular System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the heart and its role at the center of the human cardiovascular system. In the associated activity, students play out a scenario in which they are biomedical engineers asked to design artificial hearts. They learn...
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New York State Dept. of Health

New York State Department of Health: Cardiovascular Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn how proper nutrition and diet play a role in preventing heart disease. Provides facts and figures on causes, costs, and risk factors for the disease.
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American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Lab Test Online: Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
What is heart disease? What may heart disease cause? What is heart disease due to? These questions are answered on this concise and informative site.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Cardiovascular System: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the cardiovascular system in humans. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Cardiovascular System."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Cardiovascular System: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the cardiovascular system in humans. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Cardiovascular System."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Cardiovascular System: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the cardiovascular system in humans. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Cardiovascular System."
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Heart Health: How Does Heart Rate Change With Exercise?

For Students 6th - 8th
Your heart starts beating before you are born and keeps right on going through your whole life. Over an average lifetime, the human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. Keeping your heart healthy means eating right, not smoking, and...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: How Can Lifestyle, Genes and Environment Affect Health? Oc

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Cardiovascular disease. The heart requires its own constant blood supply in order to keep beating and this is delivered through the coronary arteries. Genetic and lifestyle factors can lead to the coronary arteries...
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Cardiovascular Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the impact of coronary artery disease on the heart, including when it begins and what can be done to stop its progression. This page includes important facts about the disease and who is at risk for developing it.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Cardiac Rehabilitation

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial presents information about cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is necessary to maintain heart health. The heart, angina, exercise, prevention, obesity and other risk factors are covered.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cardiopulmonary Sys Transportation

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Cartage: Normal Circulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough resource provides listing of ten unique characteristics peculiar to the cardiovascular system along with an examination of these ten factors individually.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Circulatory System Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will begin to understand and define cardiovascular disease, and list its risk factors.
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Heart Kids Nz

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers information dedicated to helping New Zealand children with congenital heart disease, offering basic resources, information, and FAQ of general interest.
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National Institutes of Health

Facts About Dietary Supplements: Vitamin E

For Students 9th - 10th
Organized into several detailed sections, this website on vitamin E is a complete source of information on the vitamin, its functions, its sources, and its role in helping the human body stay healthy. Read about the relationship between...
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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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Government of Canada

Health Living: Smoking Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about all the different diseases you can get by smoking. Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, smoke, and lung cancer, to name just a few. Find out the link between impotence and smoking, as well as to bronchitis and...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Michael E. De Bakey, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the influential Dr. Michael E. DeBakey known as the "Father of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery". Read about his background and myriad of achievements, listen to an interview, and view a gallery of pictures.
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Other

California State University: Biology Labs Online: Cardio Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive set of virtual experiment assignments where students explore the roles of blood pressure and heart rate in maintaining a balanced cardiovascular system. Includes background information, glossary, online notebook, and...
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Be the Beat!

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Heart Association wants to help create a new generation of life savers - teens who know how to perform CPR and use AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) to save lives. Be The Beat! teaches teens about heart health and...

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