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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heart to Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the form and function of the human heart through lecture, research and dissection. They brainstorm ideas that pertain to various heart conditions and organize these ideas into categories that help them research...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.23 Heart

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand how the human heart pumps and controls the blood flow in the body.
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Graphic
University of Utah

University of Utah: Cardiovascular Pathology Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a detailed index of photographs for cardiovascular pathology. You can see what a normal human heart looks like and what a sick one looks like too. Come and check it out.
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Graphic
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Feeding a Hungry Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
An intricate three-dimensional network of blood vessels nourishes the heart. Images like this can be used to make detailed comparisons of healthy and diseased hearts.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Examining the Heart

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will examine sheep or chicken hearts to learn about heart structure and the flow of blood through the heart.
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Graphic
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Heart

For Students 3rd - 8th
Labeled illustration of the human heart, with callouts for the aorta, pulmonary artery, venticles, and atria.
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Unit Plan
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: The Heart and Circulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Educational site provides an overview of the heart and circulation. Included, are six sections and a quiz.
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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Heart Cross Section Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your knowledge of the human cardiac muscle with this interactive labeling exercise for the heart.
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: The Heart of the Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
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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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Human Anatomy: Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the anatomy of the human body. Click on an organ or other body part to read more about its structure and function, and then try out an interactive activity for that organ.
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: What Are the Lungs?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find excellent information about the human lungs, and how they contribute to the gas exchange process for the body. Inside, find detailed illustrations and a short, narrated animation of the respiratory system at work.
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Website
Other

Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 1 3)

For Students 1st - 4th
Students in grades one through three will love learning about the body's respiratory system through a variety of fun and interactive activities. Particularly engaging is the online storybook that teaches children about the heart and...
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Interactive
Gateway Community College

Gateway Community College: Heart Anatomy, Interior View

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of the interior heart with this interactive. When you point to any structure on the photograph, that region or structure will be highlighted in the smaller image to the left to help you locate it. If you click your...
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Handout
CNN

Cnn: Patient Gets 1st Totally Implanted Artificial Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
In July 2001, a major advancement in medical science was made. Find out about the first completely implanted artificial heart that totally replaced the function of the human heart. Read about what the AbioCor is and view a video on the...
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Heart of the Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about artificial heart valves and the engineering design process used in mechanical heart valve designs. The objective of the lesson is to develop an understanding of the interface between man and machine and the impact of...
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Circulatory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and watch how the blood, the heart, and the blood vessels keep the blood flowing through our bodies. [6:00]
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Church, Niagara and Heart of the Andes

For Students 9th - 10th
Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Animals: Human Cardiovascular System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an overview that explains the cardiovascular system in humans. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Animals: Human Cardiovascular System."
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Your Body Temperature Tell the Time of Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever had to adjust to a new time zone, you have noticed that it takes a while before you start to feel normal again. By shifting your sleep and activity schedule, you have altered the pattern of your body's circadian rhythms....
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows the parts of the human heart with labels and includes a blank, unlabeled heart for assessment purposes.
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Graphic
Curated OER

A Human's Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Graphic
Curated OER

World invisible.com: The Human Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the human heart and its parts.
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Graphic
Curated OER

World invisible.com: The Human Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the human heart and its parts.

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