Description
In the Carolina® Healthcare Simulations Kit Series, students practice clinical skills, techniques, and procedures. Each simulation includes a case study that provides students with background information about a patient who presents with relevant symptoms. While performing a series of investigations, in addition to gaining an understanding of human anatomy and physiology, students learn and practice skills that can be used in a healthcare setting.
The Carolina® Healthcare Simulations: Blood Typing Kit provides students with a case study to initiate an investigation of blood typing. Using synthetic blood products, students experience realistic blood typing tests without any of the risks. At the completion of the lab, students will know how blood is typed, what blood typing is based on, and why it is important to know your blood type. This kit is designed for 15 groups of students.
Time Requirement
Teacher prep, 90 minutes. Prelab, 15 minutes. Investigation, 45 minutes. Assessment, 15 minutes.
Digital Resources
Includes 1-year access to digital resources that support 3-dimensional instruction for NGSS. Digital resources may include a teacher’s manual and student guide, prelab activities and setup videos, phenomenon videos, simulations, and post-lab analysis and assessments.
Crosscutting Concepts
Structure and Function
Science and Engineering Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Objectives
- Determine blood types using simulated blood and antisera.
- Describe the factors determining ABO and Rh blood types.
- Observe agglutination when incompatible blood and sera are mixed.
- Predict agglutination reactions when incompatible whole blood encounters antibodies from blood serum.
- Perform simulations of standard tests used for blood type identification.
- Understand the importance of blood type identification and its uses.
- Learn the function of some blood components.
- Synthesize information from experiments and simulations into a coherent understanding of the structural and functional components of blood.
- Use reasoning to construct an explanation that blood cells are specialized cells with similar structure and functions, yet the specific antigens present on the cell’s surface may interact with specific antibodies.
Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills
Students should understand that an antigen is any substance to which the immune system might respond. They should have experience in reading and interpreting test results presented in graphs and data tables. They should also have a basic knowledge of the structure and function of the human body as well as the ability to gather and synthesize information and use it to construct an explanation.