The Prosthetic Leg workshop encourages students to think innovatively, and introduces them to global healthcare issues and differences around the world. Students will construct a prosthetic leg mechanism and be assessed on the effectiveness of their design.
The Prosthetic Leg workshop promotes the medical side of engineering, and provides students with the opportunity to think innovatively. The presentation introduces students to the global healthcare issues and differences around the world. Appropriate medical technologies, such as prosthetics are discussed, as well as alternative everyday materials which may also be used to build a prosthetic in disadvantaged countries.
In small teams, students will work together to construct a prosthetic leg mechanism. It requires students to undergo a process of material selection while assessed on the use of resources and the effectiveness of the design.
Suitability
Ages 8+
Session Times
10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm
Duration
1 hour
Acknowledgements
Engineers Without Borders
