Why is blood donation so important, anyway? Science and health classes across multiple grades benefit from an in-depth look into the need for and process of blood donation. With an emphasis on presenting the topic in a non-threatening...

Learners examine the inheritance of ABO blood groups.  In this investigative lesson students perform a lab and show how natural selection can alter the gene frequencies in a population.

Students examine antigens including ones found in humans.  For this immune lesson students complete several experiments in relation to antigens and antibodies.

Students explore a map of the worldwide distribution of blood types and observe the patterns.  In this blood type instructional activity students conduct a lab and determine the geographic distribution of the different blood types...

High schoolers identify the types of cells that are important in the immune system. They investigate the different mechanisms used by white blood cells as they protect the body from foreign invaders. Students are given five case...

Learners record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.

Students model how the malaria-causing protist avoids immune response in its host. In this parasite biology instructional activity, students use printed cell images to model the way that Plasmodium changes surface protein markers every...

Describes blood typing and explains some information in reference to blood composition.Provides links to resources and a blood typing lab.