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      • Center 4: Waterphone
      • Center 5: Sound Through String and Wire
      • Center 6: Boomwhackers
      • Center 7 - Sound Energy
      • Center 8: How Sound is Made
      • Center 9: Step Sequencer
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        • Center 2: Measuring Sound with iPads
        • Center 3: Tuning Fork Sounds
        • Center 4: Waterphone
        • Center 5: Sound Through String and Wire
        • Center 6: Boomwhackers
        • Center 7 - Sound Energy
        • Center 8: How Sound is Made
        • Center 9: Step Sequencer
      • Scratch
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      • Water Bottle Rockets
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    • Jan 8
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    • Photos

Prosthetics

These are resources for our Nov-Dec 2014 unit on Prosthetics and Prosthetic hands. Original ideas from Amy Loeffelholz and STEM Seeds Camp.

Task

Work in a group to build a prosthetic hand that will be able to pick up something round or square from a flat surface. Make a commercial to help market your new product and company.

    1. Materials Request Form (PDF)

    2. Hand Pattern (PDF)

More Videos

    1. Creating the Bionic Arm (CBS) from Prosthetic Hand Unit

    2. Triumph in the Mundane

    3. A Breakthrough in Upper-Limb Prosthetics

    4. Improved Quality of Life through an Advanced Prosthesis

      1. article: DEKA Arm Wins FDA Approval (May 2014)

    5. Prosthetic hands at STEM seeds Camp (includes lesson explanation - start at 2 minutes with final product demos)

  1. Engineering Process with Michael Solomon

  2. Another Idea for creating Prosthetic Hands with Silicone

Sample Student Prosthetic Limb PSAs:

  1. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=W9njQjg

  2. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=Lz1RptA

  3. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=4HEaRzk

  4. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=jM52vQG

  5. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=5PDXOe8

  6. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=MxZTUPI

  7. http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=v3K5gI4

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