The Immune System week 3

Today was a great Science Club session! We meet for two hours each week; here is what we did for the third week of the Immune System:

read from Bill Nye the Science Guy's Great Big Book of Tiny Germs

We're Outnumbered!, pp.4-5

do Metric Stair activity
from gigameter to nanometer; "Grey Mat for Metric Measurement" handouts plus the Nienhuis Montessori place value colored pencils

dark green, dark blue, and red for whole numbers

light green, light blue, and pink for decimal fractions

this activity is a wonderful introduction to negative exponents!




Bacteria: They're Old and Tough, p.8 and p.10

do balloon / vanilla extract experiment






Viruses: The Enemy That Gets Within, pp.12-14

do balloon / skewer experiment




Germs Get Around!, p.17

look at doubling cube from Backgammon game




What's in a Vaccination?, pp.34-35

lay out nomenclature for Immune System from ETC Montessori

read from Daring Cell Defenders by Rebecca L. Johnson

chap 3: First Responder Cells

look at three-part cards: white blood cell, neutrophil, macrophage

look at Macrophage plush



make a slime recipe using white school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution and use it to surround and engulf glass gems



Slime Recipe (PDF)




chap 4: Hunting Down the Enemy

look at three-part cards: helper T-cell, killer T-cell

look at Killer T-Cell plush






chap 5: Armed with Antibodies

look at Antibody plush






chap 6: Cells with Long Memories

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