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Teach Engineering: What Is Going on With Grandma?
Students are introduced to the concepts of the challenge question. First independently, and then in small groups, they generate ideas for solving the grand challenge introduced in the associated lesson: Your grandmother has a fractured...
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Teach Engineering: What Makes Our Bones Strong?
Students will use this activity to determine what keeps our bones strong. Soaking the bones in vinegar will remove the calcium from the bones causing them to become soft and rubbery. Students will find that when we age, calcium is...
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Teach Engineering: Skeletal System
Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the...
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Teach Engineering: The Grand Challenge: Fix the Hip Challenge
This lesson plan introduces the Bone Module Grand Challenge question. Learners are asked to write their initial responses to the question alone. They will then brainstorm ideas with one other student. Finally, the ideas are shared with...
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Teach Engineering: Skeletal System Overview
Young scholars will learn about bone structure, bone development and growth, and bone functions. Later, students will apply this understanding to answer the Challenge Question presented in the "Fix the Hip" lesson plan and use the...
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Transplant Q/a
Article with questions and answers relating to heart transplants. Great info from who is eligible, what is an average cost, what drugs are related and much more.