TEACHER ENRICHMENT INITIATIVES

Activity 1B: Gammagauntlet: Fighting Infection

Student teams will race to fight, and ultimately resolve, infections in a human body model by playing out the roles of various immune cells and antibodies, then constructing antigen/antibody complexes.

Objectives:

Differentiate between non-specific and specific immune responses
Model the disease fighting process of some major immune cells in the body
Explain that structure is related to function
Construct antigen/antibody complexes and understand their basic role in human immune responses
Model the interaction of the immune subsystems when fighting infection
Identify strengths and weakness of a simulation

Downloads:

Teacher Background Information 1B

Teacher Administrative Information (TEKS) 1B

Teacher Gamma Master 1B

Teacher IgM Antibody

Teacher Antigen Templates 1B

Teacher Character Cards 1B

Teacher ID Cards 1B

Teacher Answer Key for Gamma Map 1B

Student Background Information 1B

Student Invader Cards 1B

Student Gammagauntlet Score Card 1B

Student Gamma Map 1B

Student Processing Out Questions 1B

Appendix - Important Immune System Terms 1B

Keywords:

Immune response, immune cell, antigen, antibody, infection

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Activity Code:

1B

Unit Reference:

Cast Your Net: Adventures With Blood

Lesson Reference:

Lesson 1: Blood: What Is It?

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