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Pump It Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design a pumping device that will effectively pump fluid through a model "cardiovascular system." They explore the effects of too much and too little pressure on a circulatory system.
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Infection Wars

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe blood cells under a microscope and make drawings of their observations. They write and act out a short play starring blood cells, antibodies and bacteria to demonstrate fighting infection.
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Your Body's Defenses When Microbes Attack

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars study how being exposed to a harmful microbe doesn't automatically make them ill. They discover the lines of defense against microbe invaders and explore the roles of skin and mucus membranes, white blood cells, and...
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Internal Systems and Regulation

For Students 7th - 9th
In this internal systems and regulation instructional activity, students correctly decide if given statements are true or false. Students apply information learned about the circulatory system to the given statements to determine...
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Explore Rx Quiz

For Students 7th - 9th
In this exploring prescriptions activity, students answer 6 multiple choice questions related to diseases, medicine, the human body and poisonous plants. Students use an on line web site that gives them an immediate score.
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Blood Types

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students examine the 4 different blood types, and make a graph deciding which blood types are compatible with each other when it comes to donors. There are 9 questions with an answer key.
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Living Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this environmental lesson students complete a series of multiple choice and short answer questions on animal populations, cell structure and chromosomes.
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Introduction to the Circulatory System

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the circulatory system. In this circulatory system, 5th graders participate in five stations with different activities at each station. Students discuss their findings from each station.
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Tissues, Organs and Systems

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Young scientists are introduced to the connections among cells, tissues, organs, and systems in a life science reading comprehension worksheet that asks them to respond to a series of questions based on the passage.
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Circulation and Respiration: Vital Signs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do your vital signs tell your doctor? An engaging hands-on lesson has your learners monitor their own lung capacity, blood pressure, and heart rate. They then connect the vital measures to the workings of the circulatory and...
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ESL/EFL Lesson Plan - Longevity Blood Tests - By Sean Banville

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read the article Blood Test Predicts When You'll Die. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the article and complete a variety of activities. They work individually and in pairs to complete questions dealing with...
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Making Blood

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review what they have already gathered about human blood. After reviewing the components of blood, they work together to make their own. Using the internet, they complete a blood web hunt and share their discoveries with...
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Pre-Hardy-Weinberg

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the inheritance of ABO blood groups.  In this investigative instructional activity students perform a lab and show how natural selection can alter the gene frequencies in a population.
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Fighting Infection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study immune responses and the structures that are related to immune cells functions.  In this fighting infection activity students construct antibody complexes and model the interaction of the immune system when it is...
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Circulatory System

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health activity, students find the words that are part of the circulatory system and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Blood Business

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different kinds of blood. In this biology lesson, students investigate the antigens, agglutinins and Rh factor using their own blood. They use Punnett squares to predict blood type of offspring.
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Understanding the Biology of Cancer

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After initial exposure to a carcinogen, a cancer diagnosis often takes more than a decade due to the slow buildup of mutated cells in the body. Scholars learn about the biology of cancer with a worksheet and discussion questions. They...
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Teaching Multiple Alleles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a simple ABO blood system for the introduction of this subject using concrete models of eythrocytes (red blood cells, or RBC's), antigens, and antibodies. They can physically see the antigens that result from certain...
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Translating Genetic Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the process of translation. They determine the correct sequencing and present their strands to the class. In addition, they compare normal red blood cells to sickle cells and complete discussion questions.
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Tag, You're Sick

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars play a game to model how the immune system works. In this health and wellness lesson, the teacher explains how the immune system works, then students play a game of tag trying to stay away from germs, viruses, and...
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KARYOTYPE ALTERNATIVES

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend that karyotyping is a process in which chromosomes are cut from an enlarged picture and arranged in decreasing order of size. The cells to be viewed are first chemically treated to increase the number of dividing...
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Operation Anitbody

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the types of cells that are important in the immune system. They investigate the different mechanisms used by white blood cells as they protect the body from foreign invaders. Students are given five case studies,...
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How Does the Cardiovascular System Work?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the basic anatomy and functions of the cardiovascular system. They identify parts of the cardiovascular system according to the levels of organization. In addition, they trace the path of a blood cell through the...
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Totally Cellular

For Students 7th - 10th
For this biology worksheet, students learn about cells and their various parts. They first read a page and a half of facts about cells and then answer the 10 questions in the packet. The answers are on the last page.

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