Blood Worksheet

 Blood

This week we will be learning about blood. What blood is made of and how blood gets around our body.

Blood Slides are here

Notes:

This is space for you to take notes The red blood cells carry oxygen from our lungs as well as the plasma is the nutrients from your digestive system, White blood cells are used to fight the infections WBC, Platelets help our blood clot in cuts, Plasma carries carbon dioxide to the lungs

Activity:

1. Use the slides to explain which part of the blood does the following job:

1. Carry oxygen to cells from lungs: Red blood cells

2. Carry nutrients from your digestive system: Plasma 

3. Fight infection/sickness: Immune System/ White Blood cells

4. Help blood clot in cuts: Platelets

5. Carry carbon dioxide to lungs: Plasma 

2. Watch the video: How do wounds heal or How the immune system works. 

1. Research and Write a story pretending to be either a: 

1. Platelet- explaining what it does to help heal a cut.

2. White Blood Cell- explaining how they help fight infection

White blood cells work in two ways; they can ingest or engulf pathogens and destroy them by digesting them. White blood cells can also produce antibodies to destroy particular pathogens by clumping them together and destroying them. Aim for a story with 3 paragraphs, using scientific language.

Bonus: 

•  Is Blood really red or blue?

Questions:

1. What colour is blood?

Red

2. What causes the colour of blood?

When oxygen hits it 

3. Why do veins look blue? 

When the light reflects on your veins

4. Do all animals have red blood? Find some examples of animals with different blood colours.

While humans and many other species have red blood, due to the iron in their hemoglobin, other animals have different colored blood

Link to Quizlet terms:https://quizlet.com/nz/478959394/blood-flash-cards/