Designing Bandages

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Learners design different shaped bandages for different purposes. First, they draw their designs on paper. Then, they cut out different shapes from pieces of gauze and tape them to different parts of the body. The activity includes eight different design challenges (potentially for eight different groups), and each challenge gives different constraints that might affect how the bandage is designed. The lesson also includes information on the inventor of the Band-Aid bandage, and the history of germs. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
10 to 30 minutes
Learning Time:
30 to 45 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
$1 - $5 per student
Age Range:
Ages 4 - 14
Resource Types:
Activity, Lesson/Lesson Plan
Language:
English

Materials List (per student)

  • Medical tape (1 roll per group)
  • Rolls or large squares of gauze (2 squares per student)
  • Scissors (1 per student)
  • Pencil
  • Paper

Keywords

Subjects

  • Engineering and Technology
    • Engineering
      • Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
    • Technology
      • Medical Technology
  • Life Sciences
    • Diversity of Life
      • Viruses and Bacteria
    • Human Body
      • Medicine
      • Immune System
  • The Nature of Technology
    • Technology and Society
      • Impacts of Technology
      • Technology and History
    • The Design Process
      • Research and Development
      • Invention and Innovation
      • Problem Solving

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • be mobile
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves teamwork and communication skills
  • Uses STEM to solve real-world problems
  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

Includes alignment to state and/or national standards:

Access Rights:

  • Free access

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Funding Source:

  • National Science Foundation ESI, 0206403