All that Blood (Brilliant Biology Experiments)

You will need:

q Small marshmallows or small white jelly beans
q Bright red candy
q Corn syrup or any other thick liquid (like honey)
q Small candy sprinkles (or any small pellet-size candy)
q Glass jar

Understand what goes in building up that bright red liquid we call blood, with this experiment.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Fill a glass jar a-little more than 1/4 with honey or corn syrup.
  2. Take the bright red candy and fill the glass jar less than half way through with it.
  3. Next, take just a handful of the small white jelly beans
    and add it to the glass jar.
  4. Lastly, add a handful of a small candy sprinkles.
  5. Your blood-like sweet soup is ready.

RESULT

The corn syrup or honey represents plasma, which is comprised of 55% of our blood. The bright red candy is symbolic as the red blood cells or RBCs, which make up 44% of our blood. They contain haemoglobin which carries oxygen to the various parts of our body. The white jelly beans symbolize the WBCs or white blood cells which make up 5% of our blood. Larger than RBCs in size, the WBCs are designed to fight infections specifically. Lastly, the sprinkles represent platelets which are comprised of 5% of our blood and are helpful to clot out blood.

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