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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Blood-Typing to Determine Causes of Death in Surgery Patients

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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...
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Handout
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Blood Types Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
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!
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Rh Blood Types

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great introduction to Rh blood typing and the medical implications for childbirth. Take the quiz at the end of the article.
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Human Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides basic information on human genetics and reproduction using tutorials, simulations, images and quizzes. There are also links to other worthwhile sites.
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Interactive
Palomar Community College District

Flashcards for Human Blood Typing

For Students 9th - 10th
These cards provide a quick, interactive review of ABO, Rh blood typing science. Good for test preparation.
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Handout
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Los Tipos Sanguineos: La Guia

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Waynes Word: Multiple Gene (Polygenic) Inheritance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explains and gives examples of polygenic inheritance.