1. Human Anatomy and Physiology: Concept of function of certain muscles. Specifically students will be able to describe the bones, the joints, and the flexor and extensor muscles that work together to cause movement of the elbow and wrist joints. Using foam board and other craft materials students will create a model of arm bones and attach the specific muscles. The mobility achieved by servos placed at the joints of the model will allow students to demonstrate the flexion and extension of the arm and the flexion and extension of the wrist.
2. Human Anatomy and Physiology: Concept of function of certain muscles. Specifically students will be able to describe the bones, the joints, and flexor and extensor muscles that work together to cause movement of the knee and ankle joints. Using foam board and other craft materials students will create a model of leg bones and attach the specific muscles. The mobility achieved by servos placed at the joints of the model will allow students to demonstrate the flexion and extension of the leg and the flexion and extension of the ankle.
3. Human Anatomy and Physiology: Concept of cell function. Students will create a detailed model of the cell that consists of the various organelles and cell membrane. Motors and servos will be placed on the model and used to demonstrate the process of endocytosis or the movement of particles or molecules into the cell across the cell membrane. The particles would be directed toward certain organelles depending on the identity of the particle or molecule.
4. Chemistry: Concept of the movement of molecules in different phases (solid, liquid, gas). Students will create three molecular models of a molecule of their choice (of several examples). Students will use the motion achieved by a vibrating motor, servos, and a general motor to demonstrate the changes in motion of the molecule due to changes in temperature which cause changes in phase. The student will narrate a description of the events that includes the various temperatures and phases.
5. Human Anatomy and Physiology: Concept of a nerve cell conducting an impulse. Students will create a model of a neuron. An electrical signal received by the neuron would be indicated by an LED turning on. The rapid transmission of the impulse, while usually portrayed as horizontal motion along the axis of the axon, would be demonstrated using a lighted LED attached to the servo or motor. Its motion indicating the motion of the signal. The rapid nature of the signal transmission and the direction of the signal transmission would be modeled.
Terry Richards