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- Abstract:
This activity will build upon the concepts taught in the lesson The Strongest Pump of All. The activity will pull together the concepts of bioelectricity, electrical circuits, and biology. It will allow the students the opportunity to use deductive and analytical thinking skills in connection with an engineering education. The students will be able to interact with a rudimentary Electrocardiograph circuit and examine the simplicity of the device. The students will be to visualize their own cardiac signal and test the device themselves. The second part of the activity will be a series of worksheets where the students examine different EKG printouts and look for irregularities. The irregularities will be connected to disease detection using EKG.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
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TeachEngineering
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The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make-up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and that of outer space. The engineering challenges that arise because of these discrepancies are also discussed. Then, students dive into the different components that make up the human body: muscles, bones and joints, the digestive and circulatory systems, the nervous and endocrine systems, the urinary system, the respiratory system, and finally the immune system. Students learn about the different types of muscles in the human body and the effects of microgravity on muscles. Also, they learn about the skeleton, the number of and types of bones in the body, and how outer space affects astronauts' bones. In the lessons on the digestive, circulatory, nervous and endocrine systems, students learn how these vital system work and the challenges faced by astronauts whose systems are impacted by spaceflight. And lastly, advances in engineering technology are discussed through the lessons on the urinary, respiratory and immune systems while students learn how these systems work with all the other body components to help keep the human body healthy.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
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This lesson covers the topic of muscles. Students learn about the three different types of muscles in the human body and the effects of microgravity on muscles. Students also learn how astronauts need to exercise in order to lessen muscle atrophy in space. Students discover what types of equipment engineers design to help the astronauts exercise while in space.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
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This activity helps students learn about the three different types of muscles and how outer space affects astronauts' muscles. They will discover how important it is for astronauts to get adequate exercise both on Earth and in outer space. Also, through the design of their own microgravity exercise machine, students learn about the exercise machines that engineers design specifically for astronaut use.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
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In this lesson the students will learn how the heart functions. Students will be introduced to the concept of action potential generation. The lesson will explain how action potential generation causes the electrical current that causes muscle contraction in the heart. Students will be introduced to the basic electrical signal generated by the heart; P, QRS, and T waves. The lesson will approach the heart from an engineering standpoint and encourage students to design ways to improve heart function. Students will also learn the basic steps of the engineering design process.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
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TeachEngineering
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In this activity, students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. The compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
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