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.
Other
World Invisible: The Human Circulatory System: Blood Circulation
A labeled diagram of the major veins and arteries in the human body.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Body Circulation
Learners are introduced to the circulatory system, the heart, and blood flow in the human body. Through guided pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities, students learn about the circulatory system's parts, functions and...
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...
PBS
Nova Online: Troubled Hearts
This site contains pictures of hearts that have some type of problem such as narrowing of the arteries and muscle damage from a heart attack. There is also a terrific picture of the coronary artery system that supplies the heart.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Heart
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the heart pumps blood throughout the body.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Heart
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What does the heart look like? How does it pump blood? Learn more about the heart in this learning module produced by CK-12.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Cardiovascular System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Your cardiovascular system has many jobs. At times the cardiovascular system can work like a pump, a heating system, or even a postal carrier. To do these tasks,...
What2Learn
What2 Learn: Heart and Circulation
Play this interactive hangman game to develop your vocabulary of terms dealing with the heart and circulatory system.
Other
Cartage.org: Abnormal Circulation
Causes of heart failure, signs and characteristics of heart failure, pathologic conditions resulting in heart failure, and more are the topics addressed in this thorough resource.
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.
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Living Things: Circulation
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Hypertension?
This resource from Khan Academy provides information about hypertension, a circulatory system disease. Students will learn the basic facts about this disease.
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.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Anatomy of the Heart
One-page overview containing a detailed labeled diagram of the anatomy of the heart including the valves, conduction system, and circulatory system.
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.
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.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: The Heart of the Matter
A good quick look at the comparative anatomy of the heart of a typical bird and the human heart. Gives some of the facts behind the differences.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Study of the Heart and Circulation
A concise history of the study of the heart and its anatomy. Includes color pictures and details about the work of Galen, William Harvey, and others.
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.
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.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: How Your Body Is Like a Factory
This site explores the various systems in the human body such as the circulatory, respiratory, and excretory systems.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cellular Respiration and Transport
The circulatory system transports substances between the exchange surface and cells. It delivers oxygen and glucose to the tissues for respiration, which is the release of energy to cells.