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Portable Wheelchair Ramp 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 follow the steps of the engineering design process while learning more about assistive devices and biomedical engineering applied to basic structural engineering concepts. Their engineering challenge is to design, build and test small-scale portable wheelchair ramp prototypes for fictional clients. Students follow the steps of the engineering design process while learning more about assistive devices and biomedical engineering applied to basic structural engineering concepts. Their engineering challenge is to design, build and test small-scale portable wheelchair ramp prototypes for fictional clients. They identify suitable materials and demonstrate two methods of representing design solutions (scale drawings and simple models or classroom prototypes). Students test the ramp prototypes using a weighted bucket; successful prototypes meet all the student-generated design requirements, including support of a predetermined weight. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Science and Technology Wheelchair Structural Engineering Equipment Design Assistive Technology Universal Design Biomedical Engineer Prototype Assistive Device Wheelchair Ramp Portable Ramp 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 |