Curated OER
Prosthetic Party
Students examine human anatomy by creating a prosthetic limb. In this medical engineering lesson, students view numerous images of prosthetics used in science today and define several medical terms associated with prosthetics....
Curated OER
Appalachia: Physical Fitness
Students plan a family fitness outing. In this physical education lesson, students will research possible physical activities which might be completed by a family during a daily-long outing in the Appalachian area. Students will...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Picturing the Body
An online version of articles and activities from the Exploratorium Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 3. This issue looked at how we are able to examine the inside of the human body, what kinds of technology are used, and how each of them is used...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Simplified Mri
Explore Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and find out how an MRI can see inside the body.
Other
Z Dnet: Smart Chips Get Under Our Skin
As much as it may sound like something out of science fiction, developers have begun to experiment with "smart chips" skin implants to monitor the human body. This article is dated 2001.