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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cells of the Immune System

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
You won't be able to resist the content of a great presentation! Young immunologists discover the variety of cells involved in keeping our bodies free from pathogens with a resource that contains both slides and video clips. The included...
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Lesson Plan
Give and Let Live

Blood and Transplant: Blood

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Why is blood donation so important, anyway? Science and health classes across multiple grades benefit from an in-depth look into the need for and process of blood donation. With an emphasis on presenting the topic in a non-threatening...
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Handout
Ask A Biologist

Viral Attack

For Students 4th - 8th
Can you catch the same cold twice? Elementary and middle schoolers learn about what happens when a virus attacks their bodies, and how the immune system never forgets a virus, with an entertaining comic book. The packet includes...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blood Cell Basics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a proportional model of blood out of red gelatin, a plastic bag, and rice. They study the components that make up blood and investigate what happens when the arteries in different scenerios. They work in pairs in order to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Body Battles!

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explain the role of white blood cells in fighting infections. In this life science lesson, 7th graders create flow charts showing the immune response process. They act out and play a game to simulate actions of the immune...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Immunology

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the immune system. In this immune system lesson, students explore the immune system through participating in a WebQuest. After completing the WebQuest, students create a video documentary or chart.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Human Blood: Microviewer

For Students 7th - 9th
In this human blood: microviewer worksheet, students answer questions about blood, red blood cells, white blood cells, phagocytosis, blood type B, fibrin, sickle cells, and infected blood. Students also draw quick sketches of a human...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do White Blood Cells Fight Foreign Organisms That Invade Our Body?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the functions of white blood cells. They watch and discuss an online movie, conduct Internet research, and complete a worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fighting Back!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders inspect the basic functions of the immune system and determine how viruses and bacteria invade the immune system. They also explore what happens to the immune system in outer space.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Infection Wars

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore how our bodies fight infection. Using a microscope, they observe red blood cells, white blood cells and different bacteria under a microscope.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to the Circulatory System

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the circulatory system. In this circulatory system, 5th graders participate in five stations with different activities at each station. Students discuss their findings from each station.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blood and the Circulatory System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this circulatory system worksheet, students review the organs that are involved with this body system, including their structure and function. Students explore the problems that can occur with the circulatory system. This worksheet...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Internal Systems and Regulation

For Students 7th - 9th
In this internal systems and regulation worksheet, students correctly decide if given statements are true or false. Students apply information learned about the circulatory system to the given statements to determine statements of truth...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Blood

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this blood worksheet, students describe the four functions of blood. Then they write what each part of the human body illustrated does below the picture. Students also complete the table on possible blood types of a receiver and donor...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Immune System Alive

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the function of the immune system. They read and discuss text, complete a K-W-L chart, sequence photos of white blood cells encountering bacteria, develop an outline, and write an essay.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hiv/aids, Year 1, Day 2

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video about the spread and biology of HIV/AIDS. They discuss white blood cell counts and ways the disease is transmitted and ways it cannot be transmitted. They draw a battle between the HIV and the immune system.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Our Systematic Body

For Teachers 1st
Students explore several parts of the body system in the eight lessons of this unit. Through several hands-on activities, the skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory and nervous systems are observed.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Are Those Floaty Things in Your Eye?

For Students 9th - 10th
Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are you seeing them? This video explains...
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Blood Components (Tutorial)

For Students 9th - 10th
This review of what makes up human blood is easy to read and understand. There are guides to pronunciation and glossary links as well as a self quiz to check your understanding.
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PPT
Other

World of Teaching: White Blood Corpuscles (Power Point)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent PowerPoint presentation, with lots of graphics, on white blood cells. It clearly explains the different types of white blood cells and how they are formed.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will learn to explain how the heart pumps blood throughout the body. Students will explain the composition of blood and will...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: An Overview of Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the characteristics and components of blood with informational text, diagrams, examples, and review questuons.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Leukocytes and Platelets

For Students 9th - 10th
This study of white blood cells includes informational reading material, illustrated diagrams, vocabulary, and self-checking review and application questions.
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Handout
US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Wbc Count

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of a white blood cell test. How the test is performed, how to prepare for the test, risks involved, and the results of the tests are discussed.