Curated OER
Using Blood-Typing to Determine Causes of Death in Surgery Patients
In this simulation activity, young biologists examine blood types to determine whether the death rate in a hospital was caused because of incorrect identification of patient blood types. You will need obtain and follow the procedures of...
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Blood Types Tutorial
This site from the University of Arizona describes how blood type is passed on from parent to child. The tutorial covers the genetics of the ABO blood groups as well as Rh factor. There are even practice problems and blood type calculators!
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Rh Blood Types
This is a great introduction to Rh blood typing and the medical implications for childbirth. Take the quiz at the end of the article.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930
The Nobel Foundation provides this site about Karl Landsteiner, a scientist who received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of human blood groups." This website includes both primary texts and secondary resources and an...
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Human Biology
This site provides basic information on human genetics and reproduction using tutorials, simulations, images and quizzes. There are also links to other worthwhile sites.
Palomar Community College District
Flashcards for Human Blood Typing
These cards provide a quick, interactive review of ABO, Rh blood typing science. Good for test preparation.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Los Tipos Sanguineos: La Guia
Learn how blood types and Rh factors are inherited. You will find a set of problems which have alternative options. Correct answers have a brief explanation to reinforce the theories and incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help...
Palomar Community College District
Waynes Word: Multiple Gene (Polygenic) Inheritance
Explains and gives examples of polygenic inheritance.