Build an Artificial Bicep
Posted on May 21st, 2021 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 5 to 7 learn about how muscles work and follow the engineering design process to create their own biomedical device to aid in the recovery of a strained bicep. They discover the importance of rest to muscle recovery and that muscles (just like engineers!) work together to achieve a common goal.
Image from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
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Tags: anatomy, biceps, biomechanical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, Human Body, Lesson Plan, muscles
Working in groups of three, middle school students learn about types of forces, the relationship between form and function, and the structure of the hand by working as biomedical engineers to design, build, and test their own hand “gripper” prototypes that can grasp and lift a 200 ml cup of sand.
