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Disease And Treatment

For Students 8th - 10th
In this Disease and treatment worksheet, students solve 17 clues in a crossword puzzle about types of diseases, types of micro-organisms and immune system cells.
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HIV/AIDS, iChat, and the Immune System

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars study HIV and model the course of an infection.  In this immune system lesson students examine HIV and AIDS and learn that it is a preventable disease. 
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Baylor College

Defending Against Microbes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In the preceding activity from the unit, beginning biologists discovered that microorganisms are everywhere, so the question follows, why are we not sick all of the time? Class members read and discuss an article in small groups about...
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The Battle of the Guts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars listen to story, The Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie, take notes from story on how body fights germs, identify different functions of immune system, and use Kid Pix slide show to explain how body fights viruses and bacteria.
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Body Systems

For Students 9th - 12th
For this body systems worksheet, students complete a concept map of the 9 body systems. They are given a word bank and some terms filled in to get them started. Students fill in 16 terms related to the systems.
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Fighting Back!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders inspect the basic functions of the immune system and determine how viruses and bacteria invade the immune system. They also explore what happens to the immune system in outer space.
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TE Lesson: Fighting Back!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the roles of the immune system in keeping the body healthy. They see how engineers contribute to this process by creating antibiotics, and vaccinations. They discuss how an astronauts' immune system may be suppressed...
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Immunology

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the immune system. In this immune system lesson, students explore the immune system through participating in a WebQuest. After completing the WebQuest, students create a video documentary or chart.
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THE LAUGHING BRAIN 2: A GOOD LAUGH

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore various theories about laughter, laughter's effects on our mental health, and the benefits of laughter to our immune system.
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Tag, You're Sick

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students play a game to model how the immune system works. For 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 bacteria and...
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Viral Hijackers

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discover how viruses effect living organisms. Focusing on HIV, they explain why it is unique and how it attacks the immune system. They simulate the spread of viruses through an experiment using water containing sodium...
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TE Activity: Hot or Not

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine how the human immune system responds to germs and explain what a fever is. They design a thermometer in order to further explore temperature before completing a temperature conversion worksheet. They detail the work of...
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Food Allergies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine food allergies as a children's health problem. In this food allergies instructional activity set, students participate in a discussion about common food allergies. They research how the immune system misfires in...
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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 plan students work in groups to complete an online training and make a comic strip with what they learned. 
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Advanced Matching - The Organ Systems

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
What's the difference between the digestive system and the endocrine system? Explore 12 body systems in this anatomy matching worksheet, for which learners find descriptions corresponding to anatomical terminology. Some of the...
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Regents High School Exam: Living Environment 2008

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Tne New York Regents High School Examinations are comprehensive and include various styles of questions, includingmultiple choice and the analysis of graphs. This particular version, the 2008 Living Environment exam surveys a variety of...
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2005

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The 2005 version of the Regents High School Examination in the area of ecology is as comprehensive as previous years' exams. It consists of 40 multiple choice questions on everything from the structure of DNA to the interactions within...
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2003

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The living environment, from the interior of a cell to the complex relationships among populations, are queried in this final examination. Learners look at air pollution maps, diagrams of cells, population graphs, and drawing of cells....
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Activities of the Immune System (Activity 1)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars cut an apple in half and cover half with plastic wrap. They place drops of liquid on each half and discover how our skin protects us. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.
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Cornell University

Who’s Got The Flu?

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Become an immunologist for the day. Scholars elicit the use of the enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) to diagnose an infectious disease. Through the process, they learn about the immune system response to infectious diseases.
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Endocrine System: Hormones

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The many images and labeled diagrams in this PowerPoint will help learners understand different areas of the endocrine system. The slide show starts with information about the absorption of lipid and protein based hormones, and then...
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Immune System Function

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the different facets of the Human immune system, including the functions of all the different organs in the immune system.
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Animal Diseases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many of the toxins and parasites that cause illness are specified and discussed in this slideshow.  Poisoning and other mechanisms by which an animal can fall ill are detailed and the information about frequency, prevention and treatment...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Allergies: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In a creative writing and health assignment, your pupils will write a letter on behalf of an immune system to apologize for causing a food allergy, while also identifying what food allergies are and what types of foods can cause them.

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