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Sensory Toys Make Sense!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Oliva, Thomas Camesano, Terri Billiar, Kristen |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Students design and create sensory integration toys for young children with developmental disabilities—an engineering challenge that combines the topics of biomedical engineering, engineering design and human senses. Students learn the steps of the engineering design process (EDP) and how to use it for problem solving. Students design and create sensory integration toys for young children with developmental disabilities—an engineering challenge that combines the topics of biomedical engineering, engineering design and human senses. Students learn the steps of the engineering design process (EDP) and how to use it for problem solving. After learning about the human sensory system, student teams apply the EDP to their sensory toy projects. They design and make plans within given project constraints, choose materials, fabricate prototypes, evaluate the prototypes, and give and receive peer feedback. Students experience the entire design-build-test-redesign process and conclude with a class presentation in which they summarize their experiences with the EDP steps and their sensory toy project development. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Subject Keyword | Problem Solving Science and Technology Sensory Integration Device Design Biomedical Engineering Tactile Biomedical Vision Toy Design Nervous System Human Senses Auditory Sensory System Human Sensory System Five Senses Olfactory Engineering Design Process |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT8H15M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |
