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NEWS-HERALD
WEEKEND, JULY 20-21, 2014
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© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 32
Y heart beats about
Your
1100,000 times every day,
pumping blood through
your body. Your blood
contains red blood cells,
white blood
cells, platelets
and plasma, each
with different functions.
Not all blood is red. Do the
math to discover the color of
each of these creature’s blood.
lood is made up of tiny
cells. Most of them are
red, which is why blood
looks red.
Red blood cells carry oxygen
to all parts of the body. A single drop of
blood contains millions of red blood cells which
constantly travel through your body delivering oxygen
and removing waste. Blood is made up other kinds of cells, too.
lasma is a yellowish liquid that
carries nutrients, hormones,
and proteins throughout the
body. Plasma is mostly water,
absorbed from the intestines from
what you drink and eat, with the
liver supplying important proteins.
• White blood cells battle germs that invade the body.
• Platelets are cells that get sticky and thick when they
come into contact with air. When you get a cut,
the platelets get gooey and plug up the cut.
If you weigh
80 pounds:
If you weigh
50 pounds:
milliliters
or about
milliliters
or about
pints
pints
If you weigh
100 pounds:
milliliters
or about
se the code to find
out how much
blood is in each of the
kids at left. Which
one is closest to your
weight?
pints
ver time, red blood cells wear out and die. The
average life of a red blood cell is about 120 days. The
good news is that your body has its own factory making
new blood cells every day. And you’ll never guess where!
1.
1 cup
6 fluid ounces
4.
2.
5.
To discover the answer, circle the letter next to the larger
amount in each pair of measurements. (If you need help,
use the conversion chart.)
3.
4 pints
20 fluid ounces
8 tablespoons
26 teaspoons
Write the circled letters where they belong in
the blanks.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
ometimes when
people are sick or
in an accident, they
lose blood faster than
their bodies can make
it. Doctors get blood
for these people from
a blood bank.
he blood bank is a
place where blood
that people have
donated is saved until
it is needed. Healthy
adults can donate
blood anytime.
Find a news story about an accident. Was
somebody injured? Read to find the who,
what, when, and where of the event. Could
this accident have been prevented? How?
1 tablespoon
1 fluid ounce
1 cup
1 pint
1 quart
1 gallon
6.
7.
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3 teaspoons
8.
2 tablespoons
8 fluid ounces
9.
2 cups
2 pints
4 quarts
BLOOD
PLATELETS
DONATE
ACCIDENT
PINT
PLASMA
SICK
QUART
SINGLE
DROP
PLUG
LIVER
HORMONES
CELL
BODY
6 pints
1 gallon
Explore the inside
of the newspaper to
2 tablespoons find:
9 teaspoons
• A number greater
than 1,000
3 pints
• A number with a
1 quart
0 in the tens place
• Something that
7 pints
could be red
1 gallon
• A person helping
5 fluid ounces
another person
8 tablespoons • Five happy words
1 quart
5 cups
Whether red, blue, green, or
yellow, all blood performs the
function of carrying oxygen to
body cells.
Find the words in the puzzle. Then
look for each word in this week’s
Kid Scoop stories and activities.
Standards Link: Mathematics: Calculate
sums.
S E N O M R O H K W
H T N E D I C C A Y
A I E L G N I S G S
This week’s word:
B M B L D S D L U L
CELL
C P S O E O O D L I
One meaning of the noun
cell is a tiny unit of plant
or animal life.
R E O A D T N I P V
E L L R L Y A D Q E
B U E L D P T L S R
T T R A U Q E I P O
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Human blood is made
up of different kinds of
blood cells.
Try to use the word cell in a
sentence today when talking
with your friends and family
members.
Use your imagination!
Come up with five or more
silly reasons why blood
is red.