Immune System Activity for Human Body

Description

Use these immune system activities to teach students about the human body system’s parts, functions, and workings. Students will learn vocabulary terms such as homeostasis, pathogens, and immune system, the function and inner workings of the immune system, and the human body’s 3 lines of defense to keep it healthy.

Students will learn:

• Essential vocabulary terms: homeostasis, pathogen, and immune system.
• Body parts that help fight pathogens; white blood cells, skin, nose, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, mouth, and stomach.
• How the immune system works; 3 lines of defense – getting past the body parts, inflammatory response, immune response.
• Human body systems that work with the immune system to maintain homeostasis, such as the circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems.

This immune system lesson includes:

• Teacher pages: Using science text and graphic organizers in your classroom.
• Teacher presentation – 10 Google Slides to introduce the immune system
• Student note sheet: 3 pages of fill in notes to learn about the immune system
• Immune System science article: 3 pages with an additional page of comprehension questions.
• Graphic organizer activity
• Digital Google Slides version of the reading and graphic organizers
• Answer key

How to use this activity in your classroom:

• Science station: Allow students to learn more about the immune system as part of a science station.
• Teacher presentation: Gives students background information about the immune system and how it protects the human body
• Student note sheet: Students take notes based on the teacher’s presentation and then can refer to them throughout the unit.
• Project: Assign a group of students this topic and have them summarize important information to share with the class.
• Health topics / Current events: Discuss the importance of the immune system to keep everyone healthy.
• Sub plans: Allow students to learn about body systems while out of the classroom.
• Introduction / Review: Use this to introduce or review the immune system
• Notetaking strategy: Use the graphic organizers to update your notetaking strategy. Students can use them as reference sheets in their science notebooks.

Teacher feedback:

• I used this for my freshman as an introduction to the immune system. I did a jigsaw and made groups experts on a particular section of the graphic organizer that aligned with the provided text. The students were able to discuss and confer their understanding. Some even colored it in. Love this and would use it again.
• Students really enjoyed this packet. The questions at the end of each section make it easy for kids to process what they learned. Many told their parents all about it and were able to articulate how the immune system works. It’s relevant to what is going on in the world today while not overwhelming kids with all the bad news. Thank you!
• My students loved the sketch note section. They were able to show what they knew and do it in a fun and creative way.
• This paired PERFECTLY with our immune system unit. It was great test prep! Thank you

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