Outbreak Alert!: Engineering a Pandemic Response Virtual Learning Edition

In a world where we are more connected than ever, diseases can spread rapidly! Students participating in this unit become biomedical engineers as they explore how to prepare for outbreaks of highly contagious diseases. They use the Engineering Design Process to design an antiviral to stop a newly discovered virus from infecting a model cell.

The On-the-Go Kit includes everything one student needs to complete the challenge and practice thinking like an engineer.

Components

The Virtual Learning Edition provides the instruction and support teachers need to make the engineering adventure engaging and motivating for students. The unit’s three-part structure makes virtual teaching and learning flexible and easy to navigate.

1. Instructional planning: Get ready to teach
2. Launch the Unit: Explore virtual learning best practices, set expectations, introduce the unit, prepare materials and explore the unit
3. Adventure: Complete exciting engineering adventures with virtual challenges that are enhanced with hands-on learning by students with individual On-the-Go Materials Kits

Individual On-the-Go Materials Kits make learning hands-on and fun for students, even when learning in a virtual learning environment. The On-the-Go Kit includes everything one student needs to complete the challenge and practice thinking like an engineer.