Activity
Fighting infection card game
In this activity, students play a card game to explore how two types of immune cells help to fight viral infections.
The immune system
This interactive explains the different cells, microorganisms and molecules involved in the human immune system.
Rights: University of Waikato
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
explain that different viruses infect different cells to cause disease
explain the two main ways the immune system stops viruses from replicating
explain the relationship between influenza and the lung, and rotavirus and the gut.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do.
The immune system in action
This interactive is a simple version of the human immune response to two different pathogens.
Rights: University of Waikato
Published: 11 November 2010
