BLOOD STATION ACTIVITY
STATION 1
ABO-Rh Blood Typing (synthetic blood of course)
Record the results of the test in the table below. Note when agglutination occurs put a
“Y”, when it doesn’t place an “N”.
Using Anti-serums A, B and Rh To Test For Blood Type Data Table
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Sample 4
Anti-A
Anti-B
Anti Rh
Blood Type
Blood Typing demo: https://youtu.be/G6p6sDdfPGU
Blood typing demo: https://youtu.be/VeVEP7Tqg80
Station 2 Blood Typing Application
Manny and Janelle participate in a Red Cross blood drive. Both are first time donors,
and as part of the screening process must be blood typed. Manny is typed as A+ and
Janelle is AB+. Manny’s and Janelle’s donations are sent to a processing center where
their blood cells are separated from their plasma. Both their separated cells and plasma
are sent to a hospital. A blood researcher wishes to use Manny’s blood in an attempt to
extract and identify the A antigen.
Based on the information above, answer the questions below.
1. What antibody is found in Manny’s blood? _______________
2. What antibody is found in Janelle’s blood? _______________
3. Should the researcher extract Manny’s blood cells or plasma? Why?
____________________________________________________________
4. Where would you find the antibodies in the blood? _________________________
Station 3 Blood Agglutination
1. What is agglutination? What causes it? _______________________________
________________________________________________________________.
2. Which blood type will not agglutinate when given to most blood types? _______
(universal donor)
3. Which blood type can receive blood from any other blood type? __________
(universal recipient)
Agglutination
(I will show you this to
draw)
Station 4 Human Whole Blood Smear
1. What color is plasma? _____________________________
2. What are 3 plasma proteins and what is their function? (Notes may help.)
Plasma Protein
Function
3. Why does blood taste salty? ___________________________________________
Station 5 Erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells RBCs)
4. When erythrocytes become defective, what organs in the body dispose of them?
_________________________.
5. What is the importance of hemoglobin? _________________________________
6. Describe the shape of erythrocytes and how their structure is related to their
function. __________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Erythrocyte
Station 6 Leukocytes (White Blood Cells)
1. What are the 5 different types of leukocytes? What is their function?
Video on the different type of leukocytes: https://youtu.be/Tdx-U8S6ZMk
Station 6: Leukocytes (continued)
Types of Leukocytes and Their Function (Notes may help.)
Name of Leukocyte
Function
Station 7 Phagocytosis
Watch this video on phagocytosis by leukocytes.
https://youtu.be/iZYLeIJwe4w
1. What are pseudopods and how do certain WBCs use them in phagocytosis?
Draw phagocytosis.
Station 8 Fibrin
1. What is the purpose of fibrin? _______________________________________
2. Where is it found? _________________________________________________
3. What causes it to be formed? ________________________________________
Station 9 Sickle Cell Anemia
1. What does “sickle cell” refer to? __________________________________
2. How does a person get Sickle Cell? _________________________________
3. How do the RBCs become sickled?__________________________________
4. How does the shape of the damaged cells affect their flow? _______________
5. What is the relationship between sickle cell anemia and malaria?
_______________________________________________________________.
Sickle Cell Anemia
Station 10 Infected Blood Trypanosoma
1.
2.
3.
4.
What type of pathogen is trypanosoma? _____________________
What disease does it cause? ____________________________
How does it enter our bodies? ___________________________
Once in our body, where does it go, what does it affect? ____________________
_______________________________________________________________.
5. Are we able to make antibodies against it? ___________