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Teach Engineering: Fighting Back! Lesson PlanTeach Engineering: Fighting Back! Lesson Plan
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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3rd - 8th
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Physical Education
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1260L
Lesson Plan

Teach Engineering: Fighting Back!

Curated by ACT

This lesson describes the major components and functions of the immune system and the role of engineers in keeping the body healthy (e.g., vaccinations and antibiotics, among other things). This lesson also discusses how an astronaut's immune system is suppressed during spaceflight due to stress and other environmental factors.

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Concepts

anatomy, biomedical engineering, engineering, white blood cells, stem

Additional Tags

immune system, lymph system, thymus, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, astronaut, suppressed immune system, anatomy and physiology of body

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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