NDLI: Engineering Empathy: Teaching Design with Assistive Devices

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Engineering Empathy: Teaching Design with Assistive Devices

Content Provider	TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12
Author	Quinn, Jared R. Billiar, Kristen Camesano, Terri
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Students follow the steps of the engineering design process (EDP) while learning about assistive devices and biomedical engineering. They first go through a design-build-test activity to learn the steps of the cyclical engineering design process. Then, during the three main activities (7 x 55 minutes each) student teams are given a fictional client statement and follow the EDP steps to design products—an off-road wheelchair, a portable wheelchair ramp, and an automatic floor sweeper computer program. Students follow the steps of the engineering design process (EDP) while learning about assistive devices and biomedical engineering. They first go through a design-build-test activity to learn the steps of the cyclical engineering design process. Then, during the three main activities (7 x 55 minutes each) student teams are given a fictional client statement and follow the EDP steps to design products—an off-road wheelchair, a portable wheelchair ramp, and an automatic floor sweeper computer program. Students brainstorm ideas, identify suitable materials and demonstrate different methods of representing solutions to their design problems—scale drawings or programming descriptions, and simple models or classroom prototypes.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Regents of The University of Colorado
Subject Keyword	Science and Technology Wheelchair Medical Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering Assistive Technology Universal Design Biomedical Engineer Computer Engineering Robot Adaptive Device Wheelchair Ramp Computer Program Engineering Design Process
Content Type	Text
Education Level	Class VI Class VII Class VIII
Resource Type	Syllabus
Subject	Technical

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