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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Immune System

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Activate the immune system in the brains of your biologists! This worksheet calls upon learners to explain the structure, function, and problems associated with the immune system. This worksheet is helpful for the advanced placement...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

T Cells Fight The Flu!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine T cells and the role they play in the immune system.  In this interactive lesson students work in groups to complete an online training and make a comic strip with what they learned. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is the Immune System and How Does HIV Affect It?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Student discuss the effect of HIV on the immune system. In this human body lesson, students research the immune system and how the HIV virus weakens it. They create a bulletin board showing how HIV is transmitted. 
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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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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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Website
Other

Dalhousie University: Antibodies

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good explanation of what antibodies are and what their functions are. Includes a list of the different types of antibodies.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.62 Humoral Response

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the human body's immune response to pathogens.
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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.