Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Developing Accuracy on Keyboard
Don't worry, just QWERTY! Pupils work to improve their typing speed and accuracy by completing online drills and charting their progress. Additionally, they create a how-to guide for proper keyboarding techniques.
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Developing Speed (Alpha, Numeric, and Keypad)
Hurry up! Pupils practice developing speed on a keyboard, participating in a series of drills to improve efficiency. After tracking their progress, they create an electronic guide about proper keyboarding techniques.
Rochester Institue of Technology
Ergonomic Design
To an engineer, the glass is never half full; it's just double the necessary size. The fifth installment of a nine-part technology and engineering series teaches pupils about the idea of ergonomic design. Measurements of popliteal height...
Rochester Institue of Technology
Ergonomic Packing
Pupils revisit the concepts of ergonomics and order picking examined in previous lesson plan and use the results of a simulation to brainstorm ergonomic designs for medical supply stations.
Curated OER
Ergonomic Issues
For this health worksheet, students find the vocabulary that teaches them how to use proper ergonomics and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
What is ergonomics and why is it important?
Students come up with ideas to help friendly, superintelligent space aliens adapt to this environment.
Curated OER
Ergonomics Wordsearch
In this word search worksheet, students identify eighteen words related to ergonomics in a word puzzle. Examples include flexbreak, muscle, and stretching.
Curated OER
Administrative Procedures -- Ergonomics
Students are introduced to the concepts of ergonomics. As a class, they watch a PowerPoint on graphics and examples of ergonomic furniture and equipment. To end the lesson, they complete an internet activity with a partner and discuss...
Curated OER
Design Your Own Remote
Young scholars use ergonomics to design and draw a remote control. They consider the placement of the buttons so that the remote can be used without looking at it.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measuring Our Muscles
Student teams build model hand dynamometers used to measure grip strengths of people recovering from sports injuries. They use their models to measure how much force their classmates muscles are capable of producing, and analyze the data...
Other
Cad Crowd: How Do Engineers Evaluate Different Design Ideas?
Explains all the things that must be taken into consideration when engineers evaluate the soundness and viability of a particular design.
Other
Healthy Computing
A wealth of well-organized information about computer-related health and ergonomics, such as proper posture, keyboard positioning, monitor placement, eye fatigue, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Plenty of practical tips for creating a safe...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Bioengineer
Explore how bioengineers use technology and knowledge about the human body to design office, wheelchair and automotive seats.
Other
Alexander Technique for Musicians
A website which supports an alternative method that musicians can use to cope with the physical demands of their profession. Some of the information is designed for specific instruments and the voice.
Other
The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique
A website for learning about this alternative approach to coping with the physical demands that performers face. The site has a wealth of useful information and resources.
Other
Alexander Technique International
The international website of the Alexander Technique, an alternative method of coping with the physical stresses that many performers encounter. Lots of resources, including a list of those who teach the method.