Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Innate Immune System
My body is my castle. Pupils learn about the innate immune system in the second lesson plan of a three-part unit on the immune system by comparing the innate immune system to a castle and moat. Groups conduct a simulation where they try...
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Discovery and Development of Vaccines
Stop the spread. Pupils work through two activities to gain an understanding of vaccines and immunity. Learners research different types of vaccines and how they are made and explore the advantages and disadvantages of them. Using a...
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Adaptive Immune System
Attack the pathogen from within. Learners delve deeper into the immune system and find out about the adaptive immune system such as T and B cells. Groups create graphical models of the adaptive immune system along with a multimedia...
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Organs and Tissues of the Immune System
It's virus-fighting time! Pupils learn how viruses attack and reproduce and how the immune system works to protect the body. They identify unfamiliar terms and tissues and organs of the immune system. Working in small groups, scholars...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Virus Hunters: Epidemiology of Nipah Virus
Who actually goes looking for a virus? Expose your class to the high-stakes life of an epidemiologist on the trail of the Nipah virus. Pupils engage in a short video, then examine how scientists predict, model, and find the source of...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Biology: Introductory Biology
College-level introductory biology course focusing on the application of the fundamental principles of human biology. Course topics include genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, disease (infectious agents, inherited diseases and...
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Introduction to Immunology
If you want to check your understanding of immunology, this is the place to go. This resource has 13 different questions to test your knowledge, as well as tutorials that go with each question.
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Orientation at o.r.b
In this online learning adventure game, students get an introduction to infectious diseases, pathogens and the immune system. They will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the...
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Medmyst: Nemesis in Neuropolis
In this online learning adventure game, students will play the role of scientist, historian, and detective. By solving the problem presented in this smallpox case, they will learn how infectious diseases are spread, how the smallpox...
Rice University
Rice University: Web Adventures: Medmyst: Malady in Mabuufo
This is the fourth in a series of five missions that deal with how infectious diseases are spread. In this interactive adventure game, students are part of a team of investigators conducting field and laboratory investigations to learn...
WebMD
Web Md: Airborne Allergens
This site from WebMD Health provides an article entitled, "Something in the Air: Airborne Allergens". Includes detailed information on why some people are allergic to certain substances, while others are not. Symptoms of airborne...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919
Read about Jules Bordet, the scientist awarded with the 1919 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discoveries relating to immunity." Site by the Nobel E-Museum.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Emile Adolf Behring Biographical
The Nobel E-Museum offers several lengthy paragraphs on Emil von Behring. Includes links to sections on his Nobel Prize presentation speech and on commemorative stamps in his honor.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Immune System: Defending Our Bodies
Great game through which students learn about the immune system. Students read about cells that specialize in "finding and 'eating' bacteria, viruses, and dead or injured cells" and about the Nobel Prize in Physiology.
McGraw Hill
Mc Grawl Hill: Virtual Pathology
If you want to know more about a career in pathology, try this virtual pathology resource. Your job is to figure out what is making your patients sick. You solve the three cases by looking at blood smears and comparing them to pictures...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Edward Jenner (1749 1823)
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of the Fordham University provides a highly detailed biography of Edward Jenner (1749-1823 CE), noted physician and discoverer of the smallpox vaccine. Also presented are three original...
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Blood & Bone Marrow
A collection of specimen samples showing bone marrow and other blood smears.
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.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Food Forensics
This site from Access Excellence provides a mini-unit on immunology for advanced students. Students discover antigen/antibody specificity using common foods. Students relate their findings to immunological responses such as allergies,...
Other
Careers in Medical Laboratory Technology
This site lists many of the careers in lab technology, along with descriptions of each one. There is also information on schooling and certification.
Other
The Edward Jenner Museum: Edward Jenner
A very complete biography of Edward Jenner, from his birth to his death. Includes pictures and discusses his discovery of vaccination.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive: Anatomy of a Splinter
This animated site will show you how the immune system responds to bacteria. You'll discover how white blood cells locate, eat and kill bacteria.
Other
Dalhousie University: Antibodies
A very good explanation of what antibodies are and what their functions are. Includes a list of the different types of antibodies.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Biology
A collection of video lectures from an introduction to biology course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course teaches "biological function at the molecular level" with thirty-five lectures. Lectures vary in length...