Description: This program contains and excellent set of interactive simulations to demonstrate the physiology of various aspects of the cardiovascular system: blood flow, flow rate, blood supply, heart attack, heart problems, and several aspects of blo od pressure.

The simulations are quite complex, however sufficient instructions and descriptions are provided so that the simulations are quite accessible to the high school biology student.

Notes: The program includes a "teacher setup" option that allows a teacher to view the student's work, and provide input and/or assessment. A set of "care inquiries" are provided. These are essentially computer-based labs that direct the student towa rds effective use of the simulations. Students are active participants, recording notes, making graphs, and testing hypotheses against actual data (output from the simulations). In addition, three "independent investigations" are provided, in which stud ents are presented with a problem wand given tools to solve it. These tools involve the interactive cardiovascular model, mathematical equations and a program-provided spreadsheet.