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Students and Teachers
Teachers - your local organ procurement organizations’ education outreach programs can help by coming to your class, be it an elementary, middle or high school, and conducting the lesson for you! (e.g. Career Day, Health, Drivers Ed, Biology or Applied Physical Science classes, Medical Careers).
The Gift of a Lifetime is an important educational resource that takes teachers (and students!) on a journey behind the scenes of the organ donor program and a major transplant center to experience the dramatic stories of transplant patients, donors and their families. Decision Donation — This high school curriculum was created in response to the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tommy G. Thompson's, vision of a model instructional package for high schools that would educate the nation's youth about the importance of organ and tissue donation and the need to make an informed decision about whether to be a donor. This multifaceted set of materials—print, video, CD-ROM, and web-based—can be used by both public and private educators to integrate the topic of organ and tissue donation into existing curriculum and training programs. For more information contact the Division of Transplantation at 301-443-7577.
Students If you need help with a report or presentation you're doing for school, use the links listed here or call 1-866-633-6667 for suggestions (eg. community service, Nursing, Speech, PR classes).
For young children we recommend the following:
- Read a story about transplantation. For example, How Will They Get That Heart Down Your Throat? is written by a heart and kidney transplant recipient and kindergarten teacher.
- Play a game using the "Anatomy Apron."
- Have children do a coloring or matching activity from the organ and tissue donation activity booklet. Contact your local organ procurement organization for a copy.
For older children, activities can be modified easily according to age and maturity:
- Write a report on organ donation.
- Write an essay on what the gift of life means.
- Survey classmates to find out who would donate organs and tissues; find out why or why not?
- Interview someone who has received a transplant or someone who has been a living donor.
- Watch "The Nicholas Effect", a video about the true story of Nicholas Green, an eight year old boy who died after a shot was fired into his car during a family vacation to Italy. Nicholas' family tell the story of how they donated his organs and stunned Italian citizens with their generosity. Nicholas's donation resulted in an amazing increase in organ donation throughout the country.
- There are several resources for elementary students The Gift of Life Michigan website.
- National Kidney Foundation has a great interactive way to learn about organ functions and students can take The Kidney Quiz.
High School students can take a "virtual donor family journey":
- Watch a video clip of a laparoscopic kidney donation, sign up as a donor in their state/country,and see photos from the World Transplant Olympic Games at the Transweb site.
- Form a Students for Organ Donation Club at your school or campus! Contact www.donatelifeamerica.net for more information.
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