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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cellular Respiration and Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Saving a Life: Heart Valve Replacement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use their knowledge about how healthy heart valves function to design, construct and implant prototype replacement mitral valves for hypothetical patients' hearts. Building on what they learned in the associated lesson about...
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Interactive
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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Unit Plan
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Your Beating Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Circulation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Background information review of key concepts about the circulatory system, including the heart and pulse. Tis site provides diagrams, activities, and quiz questions.
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Activity
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Aparatos Circulatorio Y Excretor

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit explores two important systems related to the functions of nutrition: the circulatory and excretory system. It contains 9 interactive activities.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Facts About Earthworms

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource on earthworms, offering the following sections: "Facts about Earthworms," "Migration and Annual Cycle," and "Lessons Activities and Information."
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Online Course
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Units for Common Medical Lab Values

For Students 9th - 10th
Comparing and contrasting the amount of elements and function (hormone or enzyme activity in lab values.
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Lesson Plan
Middle School Science

Lesson Plan: Earthworm Dissection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan site, you will "Learn the external and internal anatomy of the earthworm, understand the structure and function of external and internal organs, know the digestive, circulatory, reproductive, and nervous system, and...
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Handout
Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Pacemaker

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on arrhythmias with information about the heart's pacemaker.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Blood Oxygen Levels May Determine Cardiac Muscle Regeneration

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions based on the given bar graphs showing apoptosis and cytokinesis rates.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms-a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human...