Topic Two (1.2): Vaccines 2
Objectives
By the end of this topic you should be able to:
- describe how a person develops immunity;
- compare the advantages and disadvantages of receiving a vaccine.
You might also be able to:
- interpret data to describe the effect of using vaccines on the number of cases of a disease.
Introduction
In this topic we will learn how a vaccine causes your body to develop immunity to an infection and what that means.
Working through your course book
- Read pages 24–25.
- To help you to understand natural and artificial immunity:
VIEW - Controlling Infectious Disease (slide 21) Download VIEW - Controlling Infectious Disease (slide 21)
- Do you have a record of the vaccinations that you have had? Did you suffer from any side effects?
WATCH - How do Vaccines Work? (YouTube)
- Complete questions 1-5 only and practice interpreting graphical data:
Review
COMPLETE - B3 2.2 Skills interactive: Vaccines (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
Answer summary questions 1–3 on page 25.
Support activities for this topic
COMPLETE - B3 2.2 Animation: Vaccines (Kerboodle) Links to an external site.
Extension activities for this topic
Complete the extension questions from the Activity Sheet downloaded earlier. You may want to use from the information sheet to help answer the extension questions.
Check your answers
CHECK - Student Book Answers - Biology 3 Chapter 2 Download CHECK - Student Book Answers - Biology 3 Chapter 2