Using a Styrofoam ball to represent a white blood cell and magnets in ice cube tray to represent magnetic nanoparticles, students will create a way to attach the magnets to the Styrofoam ball and collect magnets from ice cube trays. They will collect the maximum amount of magnets.
The student handout will be given to all students working on the design
challenge. It gives a brief recap of the story, it helps the students identify what they are attempting to achieve, and it recaps the design process.
Magnetic White Blood Cell TEK8 Instructor’s Guide
This Instructor’s Guide provides the instructor additional information on how to run the design challenge with alternatives for materials and test setups as well as information to help make the design challenge a good educational experience.
The Telling the Story Video conveys the societal impact of the student’s research that is the basis for the design challenge and will set the problem-solving context for students.
The Design Challenge Video leads students through the design process. It indicates materials available, states what the criteria are for success and any constraints. It also gives a second ‘level’ of the design challenge that allows ‘early completers’ to move on to a slightly more difficult challenge.
The presentations can be used in conjunction or in place of the Design Challenge Video.