In this activity, students will design and create their own heart valves out of a variety of materials given to them, including: waterproof tape, plastic tubing, flexible plastic sheets, foam sheets, scissors, clay, etc. This activity will not only test their understanding of how a one-way valve works and its purpose, but will also allow them a chance to think outside of the box and practice engineering problem-solving.

Concepts

biomedical engineering, engineering, stem, valves

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Additional Tags

biomedical engineering project, biomedical engineers, heart valves, prosthetic valves, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, biomedical engineering projects

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)