Videos/Animations about the Heart & Lungs

Videos & Animated resources for demonstrating how the heart works. Ventricles, valves, blood flow, and lungs are the stars of these presentations. These would be appropriate for upper elementary students.

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/CSmovie.html (animation)

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX7c724c7f7c445361627351&t=Circulatory-System (video/podcast)

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX0a0c66477f4a72445c0e63&t=Circulatory-System (Technical, but very good cross-cut animation. The first part is great. The end is too technical getting into how pacemakers work.)

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX7a08025104407275797477&t=Circulatory-System (Decent animation with a guy in a doctor’s uniform explaining the animation.)

http://www.neok12.com/php/watch.php?v=zX06707e06626a48527c7145&t=Circulatory-System (Shows the “route” of a single red blood cell demonstrating how it goes from the left to the right through the body & back again.)

I just discovered "Magic Box Abirami" on YouTube
Sooo cute! GREAT animations & narrations for young children about every part of the body.

LUNGS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SejXhR6kEvg&feature=BFa&list=ECD9BCCBD95EA743F3

HEART

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxUNxvsG7lc (adorable heart animation with Indian narrator – explains why hearts beat faster sometimes, and shows the importance of exercise, eating healthy foods, etc.)

BLOOD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgkcBuXrT3w&feature=edu&list=PLD9BCCBD95EA743F3 (opens with a commercial)