See the Math behind the Medicine

Autor/in	Saunders, Marnie M.
Titel	See the Math behind the Medicine
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 16 (2010) 4, S.240-246 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0839
Schlagwörter	Biomedicine; Grade 5; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Class Activities; Teaching Methods; High Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Data Analysis; Personal Narratives; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biomedizin; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Mathematische Bildung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; Oberschule; Auswertung; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	To promote math and science, this author designed an activity to show students that biomedical fields are within their reach. The activity has three distinct goals: (1) To introduce the field of biomedical engineering to students and encourage them in these career pursuits; (2) To give them hands-on experience conducting a biomechanical test; and (3) To use math and science to analyze data and answer a real-world question: Does knotting a suture (the fiber used to stitch an incision closed) strengthen or weaken it? This article describes how this activity was implemented at the fifth-grade level. It also describes how to develop and implement a suture activity for a high school classroom. (Contains 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10