Nemours KidsHealth
Human Body Series: Immune System
When you work with school children, teaching about immunity and illness prevention is a priority! This approach includes a discussion, kid-friendly online articles, a creative writing assignment, and a quiz on the role of leukocytes and...
Curated OER
Immune, Lymphatic System
A fantastic slideshow that has images, details, definitions and trivia to accompany each structure and response involved with the immune system. The slides are very useful for all levels of the immune response. A complete sets of notes...
Curated OER
Internal Systems and Regulation
In this internal systems and regulation worksheet, students correctly decide if given statements are true or false. Students apply information learned about the circulatory system to the given statements to determine statements of truth...
Curated OER
P.L.E.P: Parts of Blood
Students examine the different parts of blood. For this human blood lesson students work in groups and identify parts of blood and construct a model of human blood.
Curated OER
What's Your Type
Students record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.
Other
World of Teaching: White Blood Corpuscles (Power Point)
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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Puget Sound Blood Center: Diseases of White Blood Cells
The Puget Sound Blood Center provides an introduction to the diseases of white blood cells, such as leukemia.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Wbc Count
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.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Leukocytes and Platelets
This study of white blood cells includes informational reading material, illustrated diagrams, vocabulary, and self-checking review and application questions.
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Fun Science Gallery: Let's Observe the Red Blood Cells
A brief overview of red blood cells accompanies a blood smear observation experiment. Includes drawings and photographs to aid in understanding.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: White Blood Cells
This lesson will examine the types of white blood cells and their functions.
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Leukocyte References
The term leukocytosis refers to an elevated white blood cell count in people. This elevation in leukocyte count can be caused by cooked foods.
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.
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Psbc: Introduction to Hematology
This well-illustrated overview of blood biology examines the development and function of each of the different types of blood cells. Features include an assessment test.
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New York State Dept. Of Health: Cellular Hematology
Description of hematology and normal leukocyte counts.
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Wadsworth Center: Basophil
About as good as it gets for information on the basophil. Includes mention of the function, size, and number. Includes a micrograph of the cell.
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Aair: Eosinophils Mischief Makers in Asthma
A very good description of the role that eosinophils play in the human body, and how they complicate the asthma reaction in some people. Good graphics and contextual information on the blood.
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Health on the Net Foundation: Neutrophil
Nice definition of the function and percentage of neutrophils found in the blood stream.
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Okccc: Basophil
The Oaklahoma City Community College offers a simple labeled diagram of the basophil cell.