Medical Emergencies

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Medical Emergencies, from the Centre for Science Education, is a set of teaching materials which offer a cross-curricular approach to learning about engineering. Students design and make a hanging storage device that could, ideally, be folded up to make a rucksack or other carrying device. They have the opportunity to communicate their findings in a variety of ways and look at how engineers and scientists need to be creative in their work using a range of skills and ideas.

Teachers' notes and the starter activity are included at the start of the file called Medical emergency pack.

Starter activity
• The life-saving rucksack

Technology
• Developing the design
• Writing the specification
• Making the product

Science
• Strength of thread
• Transmittance of light

Mathematics
• Pocket shape and position
• Scale diagrams

Cross-curricular activity
• Thermochromic pigements

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx883

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