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Engineering a Mountain Rescue Litter
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Heveran, Chelsea |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students build small-sized prototypes of mountain rescue litters—rescue baskets for use in hard-to-get-to places, such as mountainous terrain—to evacuate an injured person (modeled by a potato) from the backcountry. Groups design their litters within constraints: they must be stable, lightweight, low-cost, portable and quick to assemble. Students build small-sized prototypes of mountain rescue litters—rescue baskets for use in hard-to-get-to places, such as mountainous terrain—to evacuate an injured person (modeled by a potato) from the backcountry. Groups design their litters within constraints: they must be stable, lightweight, low-cost, portable and quick to assemble. Students demonstrate their designs in a timed test during which they assemble the litter and transport the rescued person (potato) over a set distance. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Biology Life Science Measurement Problem Solving Paraplegia Stretcher Paralysis Biomedical Nervous System Tetraplegia Biomedical Device Spinal Cord |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT1H45M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Geometry Biology |
