Today we explored the four components of blood... in a tasty way! We used red hots to represent red blood cells, marshmallows to represent white blood cells, corn syrup to represent plasma, and sprinkles to represent platelets. What a sweet way to learn! While we were creating our tasty concoction, we reviewed the importance of each component of our blood. We remembered that red blood cells carry oxygen and nutrients through our body. White blood cells fight off disease. Plasma is the liquid that holds it all together, and platelets are what cause our blood to clot so we do not bleed to death when we get a cut. (We also learned a clot can be a bad thing if it forms in our arteries or veins, so we figured we better be careful eating too many sweets like the dessert we created today! We're definitely eating healthy next week!)
