Health Inventory

Increase your awareness of your own health and your commitment to it by completing a Health Inventory and Personal Wellness Contract.

Web Links

Chapter 12, Lesson 1
How Lou Got the Flu
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/04_lou/04_lou.html
Infectious diseases spread from person to person and even from animal to people. This site shows how the flu virus is a microscopic hitchhiker that can travel great distances in relatively short amounts of time. For example, you can trace Lou’s flu back to Chinese ducks. Try to remember the last time you had the flu. Who had it before you? Did anyone catch it after you did? Create a chart that traces your flu as it might have traveled through your friends and family.

Chapter 12, Lesson 2
Understanding the Immune System
http://newscenter.cancer.gov/sciencebehind/immune/immune01.htm
Learn more about the workings of the immune system here. What are lymphocytes? How are T- and B-cells related to lymphocytes? After studying this site, summarize what the immune system does in a short paragraph.

Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com
On the most basic level, your body is composed of millions of individual cells that work together to fulfill the complex functions of life. Blood cells carry oxygen to your muscles. T-cells train to attack invading substances and particles. This site contains hundreds of computer enhanced and microscopic images and animations of cells. Click on the “Cell Gallery” in the left navigation bar and find pictures and animations of three different types of cell functions. To watch cells real-time, click on “Cell Biology” and then “Cell Cams” to see how quickly cancer cells grow and multiply.

Concentration 1

Concentration 2

Concentration 3