PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Speech Pathologist
This Career Clip features Carrie Kane, Speech Pathologist at Good Shepherd in Allentown, PA. She uses technology in many ways to help those that are having problems with speech. Her best career advice came from a supervisor and that she...
Textbook of Bacteriology
Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology: Immune Defense: Inducible Defenses
A comprehensive approach inducible defenses and how they function differently than constitutive defenses. A discussion of immunological system, the immune responses and acquired immunity, complete with bold-face vocabulary terms. A...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Immunity
An interactive, self-guided lesson on the function of the human immune system and how medical intervention prevents disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well as graphs and diagrams to help with understanding. There is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Viruses in Research and Medicine
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Is it possible for viruses to be useful? Explore and understand the why good things can happen when scientists study these pesky microorganisms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Inflammatory Response and Leukocytes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Whenever the skin is broken, it is possible for pathogens to easily enter your body. They get past the first line of defense, and run into the second line of...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Disease Process
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will study how your body is designed to fight off disease causing agents and what happens inside your body when you are actually sick. Additionally, you will learn how to organize...
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Get the latest government information on HIV-AIDS, allergies, the development of vaccines, and other health-related research topics.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Immune System: Defending Our Bodies
Great game through which students learn about the immune system. Students read about cells that specialize in "finding and 'eating' bacteria, viruses, and dead or injured cells" and about the Nobel Prize in Physiology.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Cells of the Immune System
Slideshow with embedded video and audio explains our immune system and how it works. Includes a worksheet handout.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Immunology Lab
In this lab, students perform a virtual ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)to test whether a particular antibody is present in a blood sample. Students engage in key science practices, including experimental design and data...
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Basic Histopathology
These microscopic images of different cells and tissues from the human organs gives an idea of some the pathological processes that occur and the importance of histology.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Speech Therapist
Put out by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, this page from the Occupational Outlook Handbook is dedicated to information related to the Speech Therapist career.
University of Arizona
The Biology Project: Immunology: Introduction to Immunology
This problem set introduces students to basic concepts about the immune system. Correct answers are reinforced with a brief explanation, and incorrect answers are linked to tutorials to help solve the problem.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Blood & Bone Marrow
A collection of specimen samples showing bone marrow and other blood smears.
Other
Careers in Medical Laboratory Technology
This site lists many of the careers in lab technology, along with descriptions of each one. There is also information on schooling and certification.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Barriers to Pathogens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial you will learn about the barriers that keep most pathogens out of the human body.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Is giving shots to young children a good thing? Many, if not most, children hated going to the doctor, as it often meant getting a shot. Why? The shot actually...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Immunity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses immunity and the differences between active and passive immunity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Allergies
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses why allergies occur and common allergens.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive: Anatomy of a Splinter
This animated site will show you how the immune system responds to bacteria. You'll discover how white blood cells locate, eat and kill bacteria.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Barriers to Pathogens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the body's first line of defense against pathogens, such as the skin and body fluids.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Barriers to Pathogens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Your body has many ways to protect you from pathogens. Your body's defenses are like a castle. The outside of a castle was protected by a moat and high walls. Inside...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Inflammatory Response and Leukocytes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the second line of defense of the immune system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Pathogens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Has this ever happened to you? A student sitting next to you in class has a cold. The other student is coughing and sneezing, but you feel fine. Two days later, you...