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Portable Wheelchair Ramp Challenge

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This Portable Wheelchair Ramp Challenge activity also includes:

Ramp up the engineering design process in your classroom with an activity that challenges teams to design, build, and test a small-scale portable wheelchair ramp. The class develops design requirements, and teams test their designs using a weighted bucket. 

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CCSS: Designed NGSS: Designed
Concepts
ramps, engineering design, prototypes, design, scale models, scale drawings, biomedical engineering, technology resources
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Instructional Ideas
  • Have teams measure stairs, curbs, steps, etc., that the ramp could be used to traverse
Classroom Considerations
  • The pupils should be familiar with the circular nature of the engineering design process
  • For assistance in determining scale and size of the ramp, each group needs a model all-terrain wheelchair prototype
  • The third challenge in a series of four
Pros
  • The handout provides a guide to help teams through the design process
  • The resource has a vocabulary list and definitions that are relevant to the activity
Cons
  • None
Common Core
6.NS.B.3 7.G.A.1 MP4