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Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out why your heart beats and perform an experiment to see your pulse moving.
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Article
California State University

Congestive Heart Failure: Signs and Symptoms of Danger

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about the signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure in children. It mentions increased heart and respiratory rate, wheezing and other chief complaints.
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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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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Lesson Plan: Lub Dub (Valves)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this concise site, students investigate the source of the sounds of the heart. Contains related connecting links.
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Activity
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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Handout
Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Arrhythmia

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page article provides useful information on arrhythmia, including categories, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Handout
US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Arrhythmias

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact sheet on arrhythmias tell what they are, what causes them, different types of arrhythmias, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis after diagnosis. Numerous diagrams of the heart accompany the article.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Do You Have the Strength?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this activity, students squeeze a tennis ball to demonstrate the strength of the human heart. Working in teams, they think of ways to keep the heart beating if the natural mechanism were to fail. The goal of this activity is to get...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Drum Beating & Foot Stomping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, students watch African dance and calculate tempo. Students also calculate heart beats at rest and after exercise and convert beats per second to beats per minute. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Listen to This!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how to hear the sound of your heart.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Heart Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
A revealing chart is found in this brief site that illuminates the areas of the country where the highest heart disease death rates are found. You will also find heart disease facts which contain several revealing points about the...
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Website
Other

Med Help: The World's Largest Health Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Med Help is designed to help "patients find the highest quality medical information in the world today." It includes an eNewsletter, news from The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center and ABC TV, and a list of articles which can be searched by...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit helps children to learn that there are many aspects to keeping healthy. Children learn about the heart and how heartbeat is affected by exercise. It gives opportunities to explore issues about...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Drinking Straw Pulse Measurer

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Measure the human pulse by counting the movements of a drinking straw attached with clay to the pulse point on the neck. Predict activities that affect pulse rate, and compare your pulse with another person's.
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Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: Arrhythmias

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information on arrhythmias. Find out about the kinds of arrhythmias, causes, and treatments.
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eBook
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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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: What's the Big Sweat About Dehydration?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out why it is so very important to drink water in order to prevent dehydration. This article also tells you what to do if you do become dehydrated.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer

For Students 6th - 8th
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
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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
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do the Lungs Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body's cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sweating the Score: Can Video Games Be a Form of Exercise?

For Students 3rd - 8th
The majority of video games are sedentary, meaning done in one position, but there is an increasing trend toward video games where the players are physically active. Whether or not these type of video games can be considered exercise is...
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Physiology Monitoring and Cycles Lab With Report

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using physiology monitoring, students will understand how to collect data using scientific methods in this activity. Students will also learn how to communicate the finding in a lab report. Physiology monitoring will include measuring...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Respiratory System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the following lessons for k-5 students are introduced to the structures within the human respiratory system.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Body Control Center

For Students 5th - 9th
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems--all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.

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