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Blood Types activity for kids

April 5, 2014 Ticia 8 Comments

One of the activities I had pinned on my anatomy board.is this blood type activity from Highhill Education.  I loved both the visual, and the acting aspect of it.  I’d highly recommend reading her post because it’s just one part of a great series.

blood type activities for kids

 

Blood type activity supplies:

blood type activity supplies

stuffed animals, post-it notes (or index cards with tape), yarn, tape, marker

 

Start out by labeling all of your victims with blood types.  We kept it simple, just the different letter types (A, B, AB, O), we didn’t get into the positive/negative aspects.

blood type activity with toys

There was a terrible accident in our house, and we had a large number of people suddenly in need of transfusions.  So, we learned who could donate to who, and why O is such a wonderful blood type to have and very very needed by hospitals.

blood type activity for kids 

We talked about where they might hook up the IV, and why they might do it there.  We talked about what to do AFTER you give blood, and why it was so important to eat the cookies and drink the orange juice. blood type activitiy supplies

Looking at this picture now, I’m not sure we hooked up our IVs in the right place.  But, we talked about why they would tape down the IV once it was in your arm.

Which led to other discussions about my kids experience with IVs (2 of my kids have had surgeries under general anesthesia, and did not react well to coming out of it).

 

I’d give you a more detailed description, but really she did a much better job than I’d probably do on my inspiration post, so just go read her stuff.

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Now link up your SCIENCE posts, new and old, and then visit some of the other posts linked up and say hi. I’m going to be pinning, commenting, FBing or tweeting all of the posts linked up as the week goes by. At the end of the month I’m going to feature the best posts linked up.

Make sure to include a link back to my blog so people can come back from your post to see what others have done.  By linking you are agreeing I can feature your posts in a round up post later (I may use a picture to feature, but will link back).

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Comments

  1. Lucinda @ Navigating By Joy says

    April 6, 2014 at 7:37 am

    Yay, I remembered to link up this week! I remember reading Julie’s post on this. Such a brilliant idea. Looks like your guys enjoyed it; mine would too. Thanks for hosting.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      April 9, 2014 at 9:34 am

      I feel like that when I remember to link up to linkies also.

      I know Julie’s post was a great idea!

  2. Lindsay @ BytesofMemory says

    April 6, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    What a great way to learn who can donate to whom! I thought your IVs were good! I have had more than I can remember 😉

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      April 9, 2014 at 9:34 am

      Glad to hear that (not the more than you can remember, but the IVs look good), I started doubting myself pretty seriously there. My IVs when I was hospitalized with the boys were down by my wrists I think….. But Sam’s were up near his elbow.

  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    April 6, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    What a great way to explore blood types!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      April 9, 2014 at 9:35 am

      It was a lot of fun, and the kids still pull out their stuffed animals from time to time and re-do this activity.

  4. Julie says

    April 17, 2014 at 12:38 am

    Oh cool! I’m excited to see this idea being used. My kids loved it and I’m glad yours did too.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      April 17, 2014 at 8:25 am

      You do a lot of great activities that I’d love to incorporate (doesn’t always happen, but it’s fun to try).

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