Engineering Solutions for Global Health Kit

Engineering Solutions for Global Health Kit

In this engineering kit, students measure protein content in foods and design solutions to a complex, real-world problem — malnutrition.

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Overview

Note:This kit can be modified to accommodate at-home use as well as individual workstations in socially-distanced classrooms.
Download instructions for modification.

Description

World hunger is a global health crisis that affects millions world-wide and gives context for students to study proteins and nutrition. In this activity, students use a Bradford assay to collect data and design a treatment proposal for protein energy undernutrition (PEU). They will use an iterative engineering design approach to define the problem, create and test a prototype, and revise their solutions.

Features and Benefits

The Engineering Solutions for Global Health Kit enables robust engineering design opportunities for your biology classroom and supports three-dimensional learning.

  • A framework for students to evaluate design constraints using data to support claims
  • Opportunities for students to think critically about complex global issues
  • Contains Instructor's Guide, background information on Bradford assay, and lesson materials
  • All consumables and reagents for 32 students (8 workstations)

Kit Activities

  • Activity 1: Understanding Protein Undernutrition
  • Activity 2: Investigating Protein Content in Food
  • Activity 3: Designing a Treatment Proposal for Protein Undernutrition

Specifications

# Workstations
8
# Students per workstation
4
# Lab sessions (45-minute labs)
3
Storage temperature (upon delivery)
4°C as indicated

Kit Contents

Quick Start Bradford 1x Dye Reagent
1 L
Protein Standard II (lyophilized BSA)
1
Disposable plastic transfer pipets, nonsterile
500
Conical tubes, 15 ml
100
Instructions
Instructor Guide
1
Instructor and Student Guides available for free download

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17005278EDU
Contains Quick Start Bradford Assay Reagent, Protein Standard II, conical tubes (100), disposable transfer pipets (500) and curriculum

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(Discontinued) Tube Racks
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Pkg of 5, robust 3-tier tube rack, holds up to 60 x 15 ml tubes, can be used in water baths; education use only

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