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In this activity, students squeeze a tennis ball to demonstrate the strength of the human heart. Working in teams, they think of ways to keep the heart beating if the natural mechanism were to fail. The goal of this activity is to get students to understand the strength and resilience of the heart.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
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This lesson describes how the circulatory system works, including the heart, blood vessels and blood. Students learn about the chambers and valves of the heart, the difference between veins and arteries, and the different components of blood. This lesson also covers the technology engineers have developed to repair the heart if it is damaged. Students also understand how the circulatory system is affected during spaceflight (e.g., astronauts lose muscle in their heart during space travel).
- 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
- Collection:
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TeachEngineering
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Students are introduced to the field of biomechanics and how the muscular system produces human movement. They learn the importance of the muscular system in our daily lives, why it is important to be able to repair muscular system injuries and how engineering can help.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary, 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
