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BRACE YOURSELF


Biomedical Engineering Challenge
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The Task: Create a brace for a model knee to stop unhealthy movement but keep healthy movement.

Blankner students are given a challenge by one of the most Empathy Creating creatures on the planet...Winter the Dolphin! 

Applying the Blankner Design Process-SPIKE

See a need

Blankner students learned empathy by putting themselves in other people's situations.  What is it like to go through the day deaf, blind, crippled or with some other disability.  If we SEE A NEED, what can we do to help?
Blankner students were taken on an adventure through the Black Forest in Germany.  Here they met our main character Erik, and his friend Matthias, who has had a very bad fall and injures his knee.  SEE A NEED  The students were even able to add Musical Drama to the story by choosing which of Beethovan's compositions best fit the Climax of the story! (Did you know that Beethovan was also from Germany?)

Problem Solve

Blankner students then learned to research, collect, and analyze data on injured vs. uninjured knees to PROBLEM SOLVE.  We learned about being Biomedical Engineers and what a career in that field would look like. 

Initiate a plan

They then INITIATE A PLAN as Biomedical Engineers would to create a knee brace to help their injured knee. ​

Kreate (create)

Blankner Students work together to KREATE (create!) a prototype of a knee brace from materials they were given (1st and 2nd grade) or materials that they chose (3rd - 5th) to work with. 

Evaluate

Blankner students then EVALUATE their prototypes to see if they meet the criteria for the project.  (Were you able to stop the unhealthy movement of the injured knee?) The students were then given an opportunity to Redesign and improve their TECHNOLOGY
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    • Everglades 2021-2022
    • Past Years >
      • Engineer of the Month
      • Design Challenges 2018-2019
      • Design Challenges 2020-21 >
        • Raise the Roof
        • The NEED for BEES
      • Design Challenges 2019-20 >
        • Brace Yourself
        • Blankner Bulldog builds a bridge
        • The Big Meltdown
        • Creating dough for dough
  • Blog
  • About us
    • About us
    • Contact us
    • Support us