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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Adaptive Immune Response: T Lymphocytes

For Students 9th - 10th
With these learning exercises, students explain the advantages of the human adaptive immune response over the innate immune response including the types of T cells, development, and their functions.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: T Helper Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site devoted to the T-cell and its role in the immune response. Complete coverage including vocabulary links throughout.
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Handout
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: B Cells and T Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
A very strong overview of cell mediated immunity and the roles of the different cells within the system.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: The Immune System's Battle Against Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
A "just for fun" Shockwave game that allows you to control an animated macrophage against an invading virus. You must figure out how the let the Helper T-cells get involved.
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Graphic
Cells Alive

Cells Alive: How Lymphocytes Produce Antibody

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how the immune system works. Topics include antigens and antibodies.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Cell Mediated Immune Response

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the roles of T cells in a cell-mediated immune response.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: B and T Cell Response

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Some defenses, like your skin and mucous membranes, are not designed to ward off a specific pathogen. They are just general defenders against disease. Your body also...
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Unit Plan
Arizona State University

Arizona State University School of Life Sciences: Viral Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
There are battles that are fought each day on the planet. The invading forces are those of viruses and bacteria. Left alone they would take over and destroy every cell! It is up to some key defense systems to battle and destroy these...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Helper T Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on helper T cells discusses what Helper T cells are and the function of the CD4 protein.
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Handout
Other

Hon: Helper T Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
A very short, but decent, introduction to the function of the memory cells, this page has abundant links to vocabulary help.