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Unit 1: The Human Immune System

Whitout immune system a human beeing is not able to excist on earth. We are surrounded by millions of sick making small living micro-organisms like bacteria and even smaller non living objects like viruses. This unit contains these lessons:

Measles

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Lesson

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Overview of typical childhood diseases and their symptoms in form of clickable tables.

The three phases of an infectious disease animated using the example of scarlet fever:  infection  incubation    illness

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Childhood diseases

Scarlet Fever

Versions: 2014-05-29 > 2014-06-10 > 2014-10-16

Learning Objects

Lesson

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Explore the structure of a bacterial cell an get information about the function of the structural components.

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Study the exponential growth of bacteria and the dependence of bacterial growth of time and temperature.

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Structure of a bacteria cell

Lifestyle of bacteria

Versions: 2014-05-30 > 2014-06-11

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Learning Objects

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Investigate the structure of a virus and guess the specific function of each component.

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Structure of a virus (T4 bacteriophage)

Viral infection (overlay animation)

Version: 2014-05-30 > 2014-06-15

Observe the process of viral infection and get aware of five typical stages of infection

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Viral infection (drag & drop)

Assess your knowledge of viral infection by arranging the stages into the right order.

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Learning Objects

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Discover the lymphatic system in some kind of submerge journey and thus understand this system as the central organ of our immune system.

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The lymphatic system

White blood cells in action

Version: 2014-05-31 > 2014-06-16

Observe a white blood cell during phagocytosis of a „foreign body“. Experience white blood cells as part of the basic immune response.

Learning Objects

Lesson

Unit description

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Get a basic overview to the cells that play a part in the non-specific and specific immune response.

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Cells of the immune system (basic overview)

Cells of the immune system (detailed overview)

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2014-05-31 > 2014-06-18 > 2014-10-11 > 2014-10-15 > 2014-10-26

2014-11-01 > 2014-11-09

Work out in detail the various cells of our immune system, that are part of the arsenal of immune response.

Immune response (animated cells graphics)

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Watch the cells of immune respone in action. Understand the chain from non-specific to specific immune response.

Immune response (from cells to comic)

Experience the entertaining story beginning at a macro-phagus cell and ending at a T-killer cell.

Specific Immune response (cell-cell-recognition)

Cell-cell-recognition works with specific receptors on the surface of the cell membranes. Watch and understand the mole-cular  mechanisms of the immune response.

Immune response (scene of a crime)

Become part of a video quest and observe the immune response in an animated scene of a crime 3D-microcosm.

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Re-discover the vaccination by Edward Jenner and experience a milestone in medical history.

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Active immunity

Passive immunity

Version: 2014-06-01 > 2014-06-20 > 2014-10-07 > 2014-10-11

Weakend antigenes are injected for example in a horse.

Observe the production of antibodies in a virtual zoom to the processes in the blood of the horse.

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Uncover the structure of the dangerous  

HI virus and discuss the function of each structure.

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Structure of a HI virus

Reproduction of a HI virus

Version: 2014-06-02 > 2014-06-20

Describe the typical phases of virus infection with help of a step by step trickfilm.

Explain the fatal strategy of the HI virus by using T helper cells as hosts.

HIV infection — from infection to illness

Understand the difference between infection, incubation and illness (AIDS).

Track the relative quantities in blood of

HI virus, antibodies and T helper cells

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Two hosts are involved during Malaria infection.

Work in collaborative groups to discribe the pathogenious way from Anopheles mosquito through human host and back to mosquito.

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Malaria infection

Malaria propagation

Version: 2014-06-02 > 2014-06-20

Visualize and get an idea of the time periods that are needed to spread malaria all over the world.

Reflect your own behaviour on the effect of malaria propagation.

Infectious diseases — propagation

Understand and predict the dependence of disease, virus trans-mission and propagation by choosing various options in a simulation.

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Flash

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Childhood diseases

Scarlet fever

Structure of a

bacteria cell

Lifestyle of bacteria

Structure of a

virus (T4 bacteriophage)

Viral infection

(Overlay animation)

Viral infection

(Drag & Drop excercise)

The lymphatic system

White blood cells

In action

Cells of Immune System

(Basic overview)

Cells of Immune System

(Detailed overview)

Immune response

(Animated cells)

Immune response

(From cells to comic)

Specific Immune response

(Cell-cell-recognition)

Immune response

(Scene of a crime)

Active

immunity

Passive

immunity

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Structure of HI virus

Reproduction of

HI virus

HIV infection

Malaria infection

Malaria propagation

Infectious diseases propagation

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Assessment form

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