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Lending a Hand: Teaching Forces through Assistive Device Design
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Cox, Kelly Billiar, Kristen Camesano, Terri Hubelbank, Jeanne |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Students learn about how biomedical engineers create assistive devices for persons with fine motor skill disabilities. They do this by designing, building and testing their own hand "gripper" prototypes that are able to grasp and lift a 200 ml cup of sand. Students learn about how biomedical engineers create assistive devices for persons with fine motor skill disabilities. They learn about types of forces, balanced and unbalanced forces, and the relationship between form and function, as well as the structure of the hand. They do this by designing, building and testing their own hand "gripper" prototypes that are able to grasp and lift a 200 ml cup of sand. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Subject Keyword | Biology Physics Science and Technology Newton's Third Law Tension Balanced Forces Biomedical Engineering Newton's First Law Biomechanics Assistive Device Bending Force Meter Unbalanced Forces Spring Scale Fine Motor Skills Compression |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT4H30M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Biology Technical |
