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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Learning Activity: Red Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Fun site that teaches users about what red blood cells are and what they do. Provides users with interactive pictures of terms mentioned.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: White Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a brief description of what white blood cells are and how they work.
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Fun Science Gallery: Let's Observe the Red Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of red blood cells accompanies a blood smear observation experiment. Includes drawings and photographs to aid in understanding.
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American Red Cross: White Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides users with a brief description of what white blood cells are and what they do. Contains links to plasma, platelets, red blood cells as well as types of blood cells.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Learning Activity: White Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers an interactive learning activity on white blood cells. Features a quiz at the end to assess learning.
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Puget Sound Blood Center: Diseases of White Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
The Puget Sound Blood Center provides an introduction to the diseases of white blood cells, such as leukemia.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sickle Versus Normal Cell

For Students 6th - 8th
Background image of normal disc-shaped red blood cells from the University of Utah. Inset shows sickled red blood cells, curved and rigid, from the Virginia Medical College.
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WebMD

Web Md: Complete Blood Count (Cbc)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from WebMD provides an extremely detailed description of a complete blood count, how it is taken, what it measures, and what the results tell you. Links to important terms within the text and a chart that shows average amounts...
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Blood Components (Tutorial)

For Students 9th - 10th
This review of what makes up human blood is easy to read and understand. There are guides to pronunciation and glossary links as well as a self quiz to check your understanding.
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World of Teaching: White Blood Corpuscles (Power Point)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent PowerPoint presentation, with lots of graphics, on white blood cells. It clearly explains the different types of white blood cells and how they are formed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Components of Blood

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Did you know that blood is a tissue? Blood is a fluid connective tissue that is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. Learn more...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Red Blood Cells and Hemoglobin

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will examine the structure and function of red blood cells (i.e., erythrocytes), how new red blood cells are produced, and the role of hemoglobin in transporting oxygen.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
This colorful site provides a gallery of blood cell photos. You can observe human white blood cells, human red blood cells, sheep red blood cells, and zebrafish red blood cells. As an added bonus, you can enlarge the red blood cell...
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Dr. Hull: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia: Cbc, Complete Blood Count

For Students 9th - 10th
Chart giving the normal ranges in a complete blood count or CBC. Looks at white blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cells, platelets, and average red cell size. Click on highlighted terms for more information about them.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Blood Cell Basics

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this lesson students learn about the circulatory system and how it relates to engineering. Then in a hands-on activity they create a model of blood. Students also act out cholesterol in a blocked artery and look at blood cell in a...
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Wbc Count

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of a white blood cell test. How the test is performed, how to prepare for the test, risks involved, and the results of the tests are discussed.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: White Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will examine the types of white blood cells and their functions.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: An Overview of Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the characteristics and components of blood with informational text, diagrams, examples, and review questuons.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines and describes red blood cells and white blood cells, and describes the roles of platelets.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What's Inside Blood?

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of blood from the time it is drawn from the arm to its centrifugation to an analysis of the three components of plasma, white blood cells, and red blood cells.
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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the structure and function of human blood as well as the composition of this complex substance in the human body through a series of video clips.
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University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Medical Center: Blood & Bone Marrow

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of specimen samples showing bone marrow and other blood smears.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Causes Red Blood Cells to Sickle?

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. This resource provides questions related to the structure and characteristics of hemoglobin proteins.
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Cells Alive

Cells Alive!: Puzzle Page

For Students 5th - 8th
Try your hand at these interactive jigsaw puzzles while studying cell biology. Put together images of animal and plant cells, red blood cells, streptococcus, and naphthalene.

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