Literacy in immunology
Literacy is an important part of the curriculum. Students need to have good reading and writing skills to be able to adequately address other areas of the curriculum such as science. In this activity, students use the medium of literacy to further explore and consolidate ideas about the immune system and immune response.
Some mind maps, poems and stories from year 5–6 students are included as examples.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
draw a mind map showing the interrelatedness and function of some of the immune cells
write a poem about immune cells and their function
write a fictional story using scientific knowledge of the immune system and immune response
Download the Word file (see below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do.
