The Immune System Game

Kirsten A. Work; Melissa A. Gibbs; Erich J. Friedman

doi:10.1525/abt.2015.77.5.11

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Kirsten A. Work,¹ Melissa A. Gibbs,¹ Erich J. Friedman¹

¹Melissa Gibbs and Kirsten Work are Professors of Biology, and Erich Friedman is an Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science, all at Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32723; e-mail: ; ; . mgibbs@stetson.edu kwork@stetson.ed

Abstract

We describe a card game that helps introductory biology students understand the basics of the immune response to pathogens. Students simulate the steps of the immune response with cards that represent the pathogens and the cells and molecules mobilized by the immune system. In the process, they learn the similarities and differences between the immune responses to viral and bacterial pathogens and why the primary and secondary responses differ.

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Kirsten A. Work, Melissa A. Gibbs, and Erich J. Friedman "The Immune System Game," The American Biology Teacher 77(5), 382-390, (1 May 2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.5.11

Published: 1 May 2015