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Blood Immunology and Blood Typing

Essential questions:

How it possible for a child to reject a blood transfusion from either of his biological parents?

  • What is a genetic explanation for this?

  • What is a cellular explanation for this?

Student activities:

  • Construct initial models to explain the phenomenon.

  • Self-guided digital tour though a blood bank.

  • Blood typing lab.

  • Genetic Inheritance of blood worksheet.

  • Construct revised models to explain the phenomenon.

Vampire Trivia Warmup

(Hover over answers) 

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Asturian chronicles tell of the Guaxa, an ancient vampire who enters homes at night through locks or door slits and uses her only tooth to suck the blood of her victims.

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If a vampire stared at a pregnant woman, it was once commonly believed that the child could be "marked" in its mother's womb.

Phenomenon

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Blood typing Lab

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Genetic and cellular explanations

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Evolution of Student Understanding

Initial Cellular Model

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Revised Cellular Model

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Initial Cellular Model

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Revised Cellular Model

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Initial Genetic Model

Revised Genetic Model

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Revised Genetic Model

Initial Genetic Model

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