Description

Models are powerful tools for teaching science as they provide useful simplifications of structures and processes, helping to make the unseen seen and the complex simple. Using the colorful model, your students will get an engaging overview of the immune system.

Using the ready-to-use materials provided with each 3-D model set, students first assemble a model to represent a structure or an entire system as an aid to develop questions and explanations. They will then generate data and observations that can be used to make predictions and communicate ideas to others.

Using this innovative model, your students will gain an understanding of the cellular interactions of the immune system. They’ll make models of helper T cells, cytotoxic T cells, B cells, plasma cells, antibodies, cytokines, memory cells, and phagocytes. The learning activity then shows them how these immune cells interact to protect us from pathogens. In the process, they’ll cover key concepts including innate immunity, adaptive immunity, immunological memory, clonal expansion, antigen specificity, antigen presentation and MHC.

The Model Making Kit includes enough materials for students to assemble up to 5 paper models working cooperatively along with a comprehensive Teacher Resource Guide.

Also includes an comprehensive, illustrated Teacher Resource Guide for effective preparation and integration of the models’ use in instruction.