XS
SM
MD
LG

Login

Keep me signed in Create New Account
Or Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Google Continue with Google
  • About
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Home
  • Login
  • Join LinkEngineering
Linkengineering Members Only
Keep me signed in
Login
Forgot your Login Information
Or Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Google Continue with Google
ITEEA Members Only
ITEEA Members please authenticate using your ITEEA member credentials. If you wish to change your credentials, please go to the ITEEA website and reset your username and password.
Login Forgot Your Loggin Information
  • Homepage
  • Explore Explore
    • Find and Add
    • What is Engineering?
    • What is Engineering Design?
    • Why Engineering in PreK-12
    • Linkengineering Blog
    • Video Conversation Series
  • Connect Connect
    • Community Members
    • Community Activity
    • Ask a Question
    • Join LinkEngineering
  • Share Share
    • Share Overview
    • Add a Resource
  • More on this site
  • About
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Newsletter Sign-Up
Linkengineering Members Only
Keep me signed in
Login
Forgot your Login Information
Or Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Google Continue with Google
ITEEA Members Only
ITEEA Members please authenticate using your ITEEA member credentials. If you wish to change your credentials, please go to the ITEEA website and reset your username and password.
Login Forgot Your Loggin Information
  • Homepage
  • Explore Explore
    • Find and Add
    • What is Engineering?
    • What is Engineering Design?
    • Why Engineering in PreK-12
    • Linkengineering Blog
    • Video Conversation Series
  • Connect Connect
    • Community Members
    • Community Activity
    • Ask a Question
    • Join LinkEngineering
  • Share Share
    • Share Overview
    • Add a Resource
  • Home
  • Share
  • A Zombie Got My Leg Challenge: Making Makeshift Legs
  • Home
  • Share
  • A Zombie Got My Leg Challenge: Making Makeshift Legs
Posted By
Teach Engineering Team TeachEngineering
More Posts
No shared experiences yet
Find More
Grade level(s)
  • High School (9-12) 254
Resource Type
  • Lesson 752
Parent Resource703
TeachEngineering
Posted March 16, 2017
Read More
Leave Edit Mode
Partner Resource
A Zombie Got My Leg Challenge: Making Makeshift Legs
A Zombie Got My Leg Challenge: Making Makeshift Legs
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/uoh_pirates_lesson01_activity1

PostedTuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9:55 PM

Students experience the engineering design process as they design and construct lower-leg prostheses in response to a hypothetical zombie apocalypse scenario. Like the well-known Apollo 13 story during which engineers were challenged to fix the crippled spacecraft with limited supplies in order to save astronauts' lives, in this activity, students act as engineers during an imaginary disaster in which a group member's leg was amputated in order to survive a zombie attack. Building on what they learned and researched in the associated lesson, they design and fabricate a replacement prosthetic limb using given specific starting material and limited additional supplies, similar to how engineers design for individuals while working within constraints. A more-advanced scenario challenges students to design a prosthesis that is able to provide a more-specific movement function.

Students experience the engineering design process as they design and construct lower-leg prostheses in response to a hypothetical zombie apocalypse scenario. Like the well-known Apollo 13 story during which engineers were challenged to fix the crippled spacecraft with limited supplies in order to save astronauts' lives, in this activity, students act as engineers during an imaginary disaster in which a group member's leg was amputated in order to survive a zombie attack. Building on what they learned and researched in the associated lesson, they design and fabricate a replacement prosthetic limb using given specific starting material and limited additional supplies, similar to how engineers design for individuals while working within constraints. A more-advanced scenario challenges students to design a prosthesis that is able to provide a more-specific movement function.

Read More
  • Experiences0
  • Q&A0

Notification Message

with Generous support from
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Report an error

1914 Association Drive, Suite 201
Reston, VA 20191
Tel: 703.860.2100 | Fax: 703.860.0353

Follow Us
Copyright © 2021 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. All rights reserved.
Yes, I agree
This site uses cookies. For more information on cookies please visit https://www.iteea.org/About/privacy.aspx.