The Human Body's Circulatory System Theme Page
Here are a number of links to Internet sites which contain information and/or other links related to the specific theme of the body's Circulatory System. Please read our disclaimer.
Atlas of the Human Body
- This site has a wide ranging set of diagrams that serve as "road maps"
of the various systems of the human body. See their links to the Circulatory
System and to the Heart.
- High school students are challenged to learn the structures and functions
of a body system thoroughly so that they will be able to pass on the concepts
and ideas to younger students in the form of children's books.
- A 1997 Think Quest award winner, this site is designed for students ages
11-16 wishing to learn more about anatomy. This link is to the main page which
contains 18 sub-selections. Click on 'Circulatory System' for a brief summary
and graphic of the system.
to the Heart
- This NOVA web site looks at four heart-related topics: Pioneers of Heart
Surgery, Treating a Sick Heart, Troubled Hearts, and Map of the Human Heart.
This last section explains and illustrates how blood flows through the heart.
Grade 5 Life Science Curriculum (Body Systems - Respiratory, Circulatory,
- This is from the B.C. Government Ministry of Education IRP site. It offers
Prescribed Learning Outcomes, Instructional Strategies, Assessment Strategies
and Recommended Learning Resources.
- A classroom activity designed to help intermediate students observe, classify
and interpret data about the heart.
Heart and the Circulatory System
- Access Excellence provides background information, an article on the anatomy
of the heart, four student activities, and a glossary.
Heart: An Online Exploration
- A site written for high school students. It has information and lessons
about the heart's development and structure, the blood's components, vessels
and veins, and ideas on how to monitor your heart's condition.
How the Body Works: The Circulatory System
- A number of animated pages show the blood flowing through the veins and
arteries as the heart pumps and the valves open and close. (Requires Shockwave)
System Lesson Plans
- An AskERIC Lesson Plan for students grades 9, 10, 11, 12
the Flow of Blood Through the Hearth
- Learning the Flow of Blood Through the Heart is an AskERIC lesson for grades
4, 5, and 6.
- Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation's site allows students from the upper
elementary grades to listen to a narration about the circulatory system, see
the heart in action via an animation, and become familiar with the parts of
the heart. (Requires Shockwave)
Best: The Human Body
- This link is to the home page of Nature's Best: The Human Body - a site
intended for high school students. After selecting an appropriate level of
bandwidth, you'll be taken to a menu page offering information on all 8 human
body systems (Circulatory, Digestive, Immune, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive,
Respiratory and Skeletal). Select "Circulatory" for descriptions of the pulmonary
circulation system, blood and its component parts, blood vessels and veins,
and the heart. (Note: You may have difficulty with the middle and high bandwidth
Program Biology Index
- Teachers participating in the SMILE (Science and Mathematics Initiative
for Learning Enhancement) summer session programs each create a single concept
lesson plan. This database has 60 lesson plans in the section on Anatomy &
Physiology that deal directly with the human body's senses and systems. Caution:
Since there is a wide number of authors who have contributed to the database,
the detail and quality of the lesson plans will vary.
- TrackStar is an online interface which allows instructors to create lessons
for students by sequencing existing instructional content in various web sites
within a lesson. Students explore one topic at a particular location within
one web site then move on to the next topic at another web site. The list
of topics remains visible throughout the lesson so that students can remain
on track. Explorations of the web sites beyond the designated instructional
content are also possible.
This link is to their search page from where a keyword search on "heart"
will produce numerous hits. The search term "circulatory and system" and
variations of it will also work but to a lesser degree. Caution #1: Many
of the web sites that these lessons access may already be on this CLN page
- it's the creation of lesson objectives and the sequencing of the tours
through the sites that make the lesson potentially useful to your students.
Caution #2: The quality of the lessons (e.g., definining objectives, finding
web sites, sequencing the tours) will vary widely within the TrackStar collection.
Brochure of the Body Systems
- In this Access Excellence lesson plan for grades 9-12, students produce
a travel brochure for a tour through each of 8 body systems and a working
model of one of the systems.
Machine Could Do All of This?
- Would you like to find out how many times your heart beats in a day, or
a month? Perhaps you would like to know the volume of air you inhale in a
day, or a month? This site provides a range of information and facts about
your body systems.
Note: The sites listed above will serve as a source of curricular content in the body's Circulatory System. For other resources in Science (e.g., curricular content in Earth Science, General Science, Life Science, or Physical Science), or for lesson plans and theme pages, click the "previous screen" button below. Or, click here if you wish to return directly to the CLN menu which will give you access to educational resources in all of our subjects.