Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Cells of the Immune System
Slideshow with embedded video and audio explains our immune system and how it works. Includes a worksheet handout.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Immune System
The different parts of the immune system and its cell types are explained. Also described are the three kinds of immunity humans have - adaptive, innate and passive - as well as the major types of disorders of the immune system.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Are Antibodies Used for Blood Typing?
The human immune system has various ways of responding to an infection caused by bacteria or viruses. Our bodies produce proteins (antibodies) that are highly specific for the infectious agent as a part of our "humoral" immune response....
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Immunity
An interactive, self-guided lesson on the function of the human immune system and how medical intervention prevents disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well as graphs and diagrams to help with understanding. There is...
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Quiz: Immune Systems
Take this ten-question review quiz over the immune system of the human body. Read more about each question after an incorrect answer is given.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fighting Infection With Adaptive Immunity
Read a passage about our immune system and answer the follow-up questions.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Immune System
Learn how the immune system works, the types of immunity cells, and the importance of vaccination.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Immunology: Antibody Structure
A short tutorial illustrating the structure of the antibody, describing how the structure fosters its function.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive: How Lymphocytes Produce Antibody
Learn about how the immune system works. Topics include antigens and antibodies.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mechanisms of Antibody Variability During B Cell Development
Read this passage and study the graphics to complete the five-question quiz related to DNA and the immune system.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Immune Cells in Action
In this video segment from The Secret of Life, watch as a virus attacks a cell, and learn how the immune system reacts to this onslaught. Includes background reading material and discussion questions. [1:40]
BioMan Biology
Bio Man Biology: Conflict: Immunity
Tutorial and game on vocabulary and functions of the immune system. Covers different cell types, immune responses, germs and pathogens, and antibiotics.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!: The Immune System Quiz
Check out this ten multiple choice question quiz on the immune system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Humoral Immune Response
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Humoral Immune Response
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses immunity and the differences between active and passive immunity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Humoral Immune Response
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial students will describe the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.
The College of Physicians
The History of Vaccines: How Vaccines Work [Pdf]
The purpose of this lesson is to relate the action of vaccines to the human immune system. For this lesson, students will explore infectious disease and immunity and learn how vaccines help the body defend itself against infectious...
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Inmunologia 2 Bachillerato
How do we defend against disease? Why should get vaccinated? Find the answers to these questions and everything about the immune system in this session. It contains 16 interactive activities.
Other
Science Clarified: Antibody and Antigen
Antibodies, also called immunoglobulins, are proteins manufactured by the body that help fight against foreign substances called antigens. When antigens enters the body, it stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies. (The immune...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Immunology Lab
In this lab, students perform a virtual ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)to test whether a particular antibody is present in a blood sample. Students engage in key science practices, including experimental design and data...
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: The New Diagnostics [Pdf]
Discover new knowledge about molecular biology- how molecules fit together as a lock and key. This has given researchers new diagnostic tools that use immune cells from mice to produce antibodies to detect a specific virus or bacterium.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Life With Lupus
Having achy joints and fatigue may seem like complaints of an elderly individual. Life with Lupus, however, can cause such conditions in a teenager. Learn more about the condition in this article and the links to related sites.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Disease Process
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will study how your body is designed to fight off disease causing agents and what happens inside your body when you are actually sick. Additionally, you will learn how to organize...