Students imagine having a friend, Emmanuel, with limited hand and wrist muscle strength and control, making the simple daily task of putting on socks difficult. It is a struggle for their muscles to overcome the sock’s elastic potential energy when stretched and gravitational potential energy when lifted. The students' challenge is to use only the materials available to design and build a device prototype that can help people pull on their socks independently.
- STEM career connections: Mechanical Engineering and Health Sciences
- STEM disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
- Non-STEM disciplines: English Language Arts
Submissions from 2017
Lesson 5: Big Ideas, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 5: Lesson Plan, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 5: Parent Letters, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 5: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 5: Student Handout, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Challenge Handout: Engineering Design Process, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Facilitator Resources, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM: Make a Connection, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Vocabulary Worksheet, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
