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Cast Your Net: Adventures With Blood
Topic: Blood
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Overview:

Students will discover contributions made to the study of blood throughout history; noting how these advanced scientific knowledge. Students will examine and identify parts of the blood, antigens, antibodies, and blood types, and also infer how genes and chromosomes determine blood types.

 

Lesson 1: Blood: What Is It?

  • Activity 1A: P.L.E.P: Parts of Blood
  • Activity 1B: Gammagauntlet: Fighting Infection
  • Activity 1C: Thrombolina Casts Her Nets: Blood Clotting Activity Suggestion

Lesson 2: Plasma Scope: History

  • Activity 2A: Bloody Discoveries through Time: History of Blood Transfusions
  • Activity 2B: Circulating Through Time

Lesson 3: I Want Your Blood: Blood Transfusions

  • Activity 3A: “Hey, What's Your Type?”
  • Activity 3B: Why Opposites Attract: Blood Agglutination
  • Activity 3C - Part 1: Born of Blood: Craft Stick Chromosomes
  • Activity 3C - Part 2: Born of Blood: Chromosome Chronicles
  • Activity 3C - Part 3: Born of Blood: Fun Punns
  • Activity 3C - Part 4: Born of Blood: Inheritance of Blood Types
  • Activity 3D: Pre-Hardy-Weinberg
  • Activity 3E: “Where in the World is Your Blood Type?”
  • Activity 3F: B.O.A. Responder: Safe and Unsafe Transfusions Activity Suggestion
  • Activity 3G: Safety of the Blood Supply Activity Suggestion
  • Activity 3H: Organ Donation-It’s Gotta Match! Activity Suggestion

Lesson 4: Plasmalympics: Cleaning Your Blood

  • Activity 4A: Plasmalympics: Cleaning Your Blood Take Me To Your Liver Activity Suggestion
  • Activity 4B: Race for the Pure: Blood Cleansing in the Kidneys

Lesson 5: E.L.P. Me! Blood Disorders

  • Activity 5A: E.L.P. Me! Blood Disorders Activity Suggestion
  • Activity 5B: Anemia Activity Suggestion
  • Activity 5C: Leukemia Activity Suggestion
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