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Interactive
PBS

Online News Hour: Organ Donation

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource is a health spotlight special report on organ donation. Learners hover their mouse over an illustration to determine how many people are waiting for organ donations. Articles on the perspective of religion and how to become...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Transplantation and Cancer Immunology

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover how blood typing affects transfusions and organ transplants. They will also learn how the immune response is able to control some cancers.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Printing a Human Kidney

For Students 9th - 10th
Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Dying to Breathe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore issues surrounding the established criteria for selecting organ recipients.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Organ Transplant and Immunotherapy

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will investigate why a person's body might either accept or reject a transplanted tissue or organ.