Go Public: Osteoporosis Brochure
Students address osteoporosis and the role biomedical engineering plays in diagnosing and preventing the diseaseCopyright 2004 Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA. All rights reserved.
In this concluding activity, students answer the unit Challenge Question and apply their acquired learning from Lesson 1, Fix the Hip Challenge and Lesson 2, Skeletal System Overview to create informative brochures that address osteoporosis and the role biomedical engineering plays in diagnosing and preventing this disease.
With this activity, students demonstrate how engineers would present their understanding of the connections between osteoporosis, the skeletal system and biomedical engineering. This is important because engineers must be able to relay their findings to different audience so they understand what is going on. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become brittle and, thus, weak. Biomedical engineers are working on ways to prevent bone fractures from occurring due to the onset of this condition. In addition, engineers have designed DEXA scans as a way to screen for osteoporosis. Biomedical engineers use the information from the scans (that is, bone density) to determine specifically where the onset of osteoporosis has occurred.
After this activity, students should be able to:
- Create an informative brochure defining osteoporosis and biomedical engineering, which is suitable for use to help answer the Fix the Hip challenge question.
- Present the brochure to the class.