Outbreak Alert: Medical Engineering in Elementary School!
Help me give my students an opportunity to problem solve and critical think with the Outbreak Alert: Engineering a Pandemic Response kit.
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My Students
I have the privilege of teaching at three Title I schools that have diverse populations of students from all over the world. My students enjoy reading, project-based learning activities, robotics and being creative. I have the unique opportunity to teach Horizons, a gifted class at these schools. My students shine when I bring LEGO bricks or electronic kits into a lesson about animals, critical thinking, or problem-solving skills. With our students' economic backgrounds, they don't get many opportunities at home to interact with materials to encourage creative thinking.
My Project
The Outbreak Alert: Engineering a Pandemic Response kit is a great resource to use to teach students about what a Biomedical Engineer would do. Students will explore how to prepare for outbreaks of a highly contagious diseases. During this unit students will use the Engineering Design Process to design an antiviral to stop a newly discovered virus.
This outside the box unit will challenge my students develop their critical thinking and problem solving skills to solve a real world problem.
Along with this unit, I plan to develop partnerships with with my districts high school medical engineering program. My class will Skype with high school instructors to learn more about medical engineering.
This is a great activity to expose my students of a STEM field that is not as knowledgeable in elementary schools!
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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