Educator's Resources
The Gift of a Lifetime weaves together in-depth information about donation and transplantation with the real-world stories of transplant recipients, donors and health care professionals. This is a unique opportunity for young people to explore health literacy and technology, the science of transplantation, quality of life issues and the rights and responsibility of citizens.
The Gift of a Lifetime in the Classroom
Students and teachers can experience the dramatic stories of transplant patients and donors as they are told in the Transplant Journey and Faces of Donation. Download suggested activities and worksheets and explore the Interactive Body to learn about the organs and tissues that can be transplanted. Students can also send questions that will be answered by experts in the field of organ and tissue transplantation, or you can arrange for a local expert to come into your classroom.
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Activities and Lessons
For ideas and suggestions on how to use The Gift of a Lifetime in the classroom, download the "Investigations into Organ and Tissue Transplantation" documents below.
Investigations into Organ and
Tissue Transplantation
Grades 5–8
- Activities (1542 Kb PDF)
- National Education Standards Overview (57 Kb MS Word)
Grades 9–12
- Activities (1004 Kb PDF)
- National Education Standards Overview (58 Kb MS Word)
Teachers: Earn Credits by
Exploring The Gift of a Lifetime
$100 Tuition Reimbursement Program
Using The Gift of a Lifetime website, educators can earn professional development or continuing education credits by taking a unique distance learning course. The course is presented by the Heritage Institute with credits awarded through Antioch University. Teachers may be eligible to receive a $100 tuition reimbursement toward the cost of the course.
Follow this link to learn more about the course.
Email the course instructor to receive a pre-application for Tuition Reimbursement:
Resources and Links
Additional K-12 Educational Resources
General Transplant and Donation Links
- Coalition on Donation
- Coalition on Donation - Done Vida
- United Network for Organ Sharing
- Organ Procurement and Transplant Network
- Division of Transplantation
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
- Organ Donation and Transplant Statistics - OPTN
Blood and Bone Marrow Donation
Transplant Patient and Donor Resources
- Transplant Living
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Patients
- National Donor Family Council
- National Kidney Foundation
- American Liver Foundation
- American Lung Association
- American Heart Association
- Transplant Recipients International Organization
- American Society of Transplantation
- ChildrenŐs Organ Transplant Fund
- National Transplant Assistance Fund
Associations and Professional Groups
