Introduction
The invisible battle goes on day and night. There are many enemies lurking about, waiting to attack. On guard is a tireless army of defenders, posed and ready to fight. These defenders are part of the immune system- a remarkable system that protects the body from harmful invasions by foreign substances and disease-causing organisms.
The body's ability to protect and defend itself against a foreign enemy agent is called immunity.
Task
You are tasked to watch a video on immune system and take note of the important details.
Make a summary regarding the immune system out of the video presented.
You will also have a group discussion and answer a set of questions regarding the immune system.
Process
Form five groups and have a leader or have a representative for each group.
Go to the link below and take note of the important details regarding the immune system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSYED-7riNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Non4MkYQpYA
Discuss with your group on how you will present your views and concrete ideas about the importance of the immune system by answering the following questions:
1. What is the importance of our immune system? How does it help us in our everyday life?
2. What are the different immune cells? their importance?
Prepare a summary of its functions and let your leader or representative present it to the class.
Evaluation
The students rubrics include the following:
| Content |
Not meaningful; Information is completely inaccurate. |
Information is somewhat accurate. |
Meaningful; All information is accurate. |
| Unity | Ideas are not clear and not systematic. | Some ideas are not clear. | Ideas are very clear and systematic. |
| Presentation | Presentation is not well organized. | Presentation is organized. | Presentation is very organized. |
| Research | Reseach is incomplete. | Reseach is somewhat complete. | Research is complete. |
| Cleanliness | Full of erasure and dirty. | Some part is dirty. | Very neat. |
Conclusion
From the webquest presented, students are able to learn the importance and major function of the immune system, its differnet structures and the immune cells that form part of the said system.
Credits
This webquest is made by Michelle R. Millar, a student of Bicol University College of Education taking up Certificate In College Teaching.
Great thanks is attributed to God Almighty for giving me the chance to take up this course and giving me the ooportunity to further enhance my learning.
I would also like to thank our professor who encouraged us to be explorer-teachers and to cultivate our knowledge in teaching using instructional media as a tool to enhance our cacapcity to teach and present ideas with the help of educational technology.