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Off-Road Wheelchair Challenge
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Quinn, Jared R. Billiar, Kristen Camesano, Terri |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students further their understanding of the engineering design process (EDP) while being introduced to assistive technology devices and biomedical engineering. They are given a fictional client statement and are tasked to follow the steps of the EDP to design and build small-scale, off-road wheelchair prototypes. Students further their understanding of the engineering design process (EDP) while being introduced to assistive technology devices and biomedical engineering. They are given a fictional client statement and are tasked to follow the steps of the EDP to design and build small-scale, off-road wheelchair prototypes. As part of the EDP, students identify appropriate materials and demonstrate two methods of representing solutions to their design problem (scale drawings and simple scale models). They test the scale model off-road wheelchairs using spring scales to pull the prototypes across three different simulated off-road surfaces. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Science and Technology Wheelchair Equipment Design Mechanical Engineering Adaptive Device Assistive Technology Biomedical Engineer Engineering Design Process |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT6H30M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |