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Lesson Plan
Texas Heart Institute

Exercise: What Kinds of Activities Are Best?

For Teachers 6th Standards
What happens in the muscles during anaerobic and aerobic exercise, and how does this affect the heart and our overall health? A cross-curricular lesson that introduces learners to the lifelong benefits of exercise, including the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observing Atherosclerosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils develop a model to visually observe the change in blood flow rates between healthy and unhealthy arteries. They calculate data that they have collected and graph their results. They determine the relationships the flow of blood...
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the different types of heart disease, their causes, how they are diagnosed, heart surgery treatments, and ways to prevent heart disease.
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Website
Other

American Stroke Association: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has information for people at risk of a stroke as well as those who have previously suffered from one.
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Handout
Other

American Heart Association: Aneurysm

For Students 9th - 10th
This article offers brief information about what an aneurysm is and how to treat it.