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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Italian Style: Long Distance Doc

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore human skills needed for remote surgeries, such as a surgeon's coordination and fine motor skills. Emulate communication between satellites in space by bouncing signals from a TV remote control off reflective surfaces.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: 21st Century Medicine: Cybersurgery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore remote robotic surgery and describe how a surgeon can operate on a patient from any distance. Create a simple version of a stereoscope to demonstrate the phenomenon of generating three-dimensionality using left and right eye images.