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NSTA 2013 Conference

Area Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Nov. 6–9, 2013

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Engineering Understanding of a Health Crisis

Friday, November 8. 3:30–4:30 PM

Charlotte Convention Center, 202 A/B

Engineer a tabletop model for use at a "health fair" to help educate students and the public about stressors on the circulatory system.

Presenter(s): Diane H. Johnson (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY); Susan Mayo (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY); Robin L. Cooper (University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY)

FORMAT: Workshop
SUBJECT: General Science
GRADE LEVEL: Informal Education

Power points & text :

Overview ppt

Some ppts that teachers can use: part 1, part 2, part 3

Text files (MS word): The conceptual problem, Engineering design, parts for experiments, on line information, Sample middle school unit, Arteriosclerosis lab, AAAS Science link on heart, YOUTUBE links on demos, The circulatory role, lipid tests , Secondary New generation Stds,

Associated PDFs & other content :

Windkessel paper, Blood doping, Altitude 1, Altitude 2, Lipid blood tests, ankle-brachial index1, ankle-brachial index2, ankle-brachial index3, ankle-brachial index4, Guided inquiry by Colburn

Hemodynamics for Medical , Smith's model for undergraduates

Beamer, Chpt 7 alternat integrated Framework, Baldock Chanson 2006 fluid flow, Campbell biology fluid flow, Chapter 13 outline, Fluid flow and motion Exp9 , fluid flow chapter 8, guide to lowering BP, Maps of obesity, Microvascular dysfunction obsesity, Physics & human, Static Vs Pulse press,