[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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Allow students to visualize blood and its components by making this plasma soup. Discuss plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets with this model of blood.

One-page profile of influential innovator, Charles Drew, whose vision and ideas created the blood bank by revolutionizing the understanding of blood plasma.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Did you know that blood is a tissue? Blood is a fluid connective tissue that is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. Learn more...

An explanation of blood from the time it is drawn from the arm to its centrifugation to an analysis of the three components of plasma, white blood cells, and red blood cells.

A brief overview of red blood cells accompanies a blood smear observation experiment. Includes drawings and photographs to aid in understanding.

Fun site that teaches users about what red blood cells are and what they do. Provides users with interactive pictures of terms mentioned.

Understand the physiological make-up of human blood.

This site explains situations which call for blood transfusions and describes possible safety risks of this procedure. It describes how this procedure occurs and provides a discussion of possible blood substitutes.

Students learn how buffer systems in the body - the respiratory and the renal - affect the blood pH.

Site provides users with a brief description of what white blood cells are and what they do. Contains links to plasma, platelets, red blood cells as well as types of blood cells.

BlackInventors.com profiles Charles Drew, teacher, doctor, and the researcher who developed the blood plasma bank.

Get an overview of what's involved in a blood transfusion. You can also check your understanding by predicting which combinations of blood will cause agglutination.

Site provides an article on blood and what it does. Contains specific information on red and white blood cells as well as platelets.

What is blood? Discover how and why blood travels in the body, the three main types of blood cells, and the different blood types.

This lesson focuses on blood including it's functions including transporting materials around the body and protecting against disease. It explains the components of blood and the functions of each and offers a link to an assessment.

A detailed overview of the circulatory system, including plasma and proteins. Designed as lesson plans, this site can be helpful for students as well.

Students learn the chemical make-up and pH of urine in the human body.

The circulatory system transports substances between the exchange surface and cells. It delivers oxygen and glucose to the tissues for respiration, which is the release of energy to cells.

This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on helper T cells discusses what Helper T cells are and the function of the CD4 protein.

Home of Dr. Charles R. Drew, an African American physician and researcher whose leadership on stockpiling blood plasma saved lives in World War II.

Explanation of the different ways the chemicals or medicines may enter the body through cell membranes.