Assessment statements What you need to know Unit activities list Key terms Helpful links

Assessment Statements

Immune system

11.1.2	Outline the principle of challenge and response, clonal selection and memory cells as the basis of immunity.
11.1.3	Define active and passive immunity.
11.1.4	Explain antibody production.
6.3.1	Define pathogen.
6.3.2	Explain why antibiotics are effective against bacteria but not against viruses.
6.3.3	Outline the role of skin and mucous membranes in defense against pathogens.
6.3.4	Outline how phagocytic leucocytes ingest pathogens in the blood and in body tissues.
6.3.5	Distinguish between antigens and antibodies.
6.3.6	Explain antibody production.

 

Vaccination

11.1.6	Explain the principle of vaccination.
11.1.7	Discuss the benefits and dangers of vaccination.

 

HIV

6.3.7	Outline the effects of HIV on the immune system.
6.3.8	Discuss the cause, transmission and social implications of AIDS.

 

Immuno-technology

 

What You Need to Know

 

Unit Activities List (will be posted to web as they occur in class)

Innate immunity notes (doc)

Acquired immunity notes (doc)

Immune system notes (ppt)

Immune attack game

Burnet and how animals make antibodies reading

Vaccination notes

Vaccination case study

HIV notes

Magic Johnson HIV case study

Immuno-technology notes

Elisa lab

Key Terms

 

Helpful Links

HIV

Retrovirus Life Cycle

T4 Phage Animation

HIV Lifecycle Flash Animation

Can you get AIDS from a mosquito bite?

Herpes Virus Replication

Virology Flash Animations

Viruses

See HIV in Action by PBS

HIV life cycle and Drug Interaction

Animation of HIV life cycle

HIV Drug Resistance

HIV and AIDS