PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Charles Richard Drew
One-page profile of influential innovator, Charles Drew, whose vision and ideas created the blood bank by revolutionizing the understanding of blood plasma.
Other
Black Inventors Online Museum: Charles Drew
BlackInventors.com profiles Charles Drew, teacher, doctor, and the researcher who developed the blood plasma bank.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Challenges of Size in Animals
This lesson focuses on blood including it's functions including transporting materials around the body and protecting against disease. It explains the components of blood and the functions of each and offers a link to an assessment.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Replacing Blood
An exploration of the different types of transfusions with a brief look at synthetic blood.