1. Bell Work! What is bioengineering?
What is an example of adaptive technology?
What is an example of assistive technology?

2. Science Starter…
An engineer is designing a toilet that is supposed to save water with each flush. The amount of water used will depend on the deposit amount. Which of the following should the engineer not consider while designing the prototype?
The noise level of each flush
The color of the model
The cost of materials
The ease of installation

3. Adaptive vs. Assistive The Engineering Design Process
BIOENGINEERING
Adaptive vs. Assistive
The Engineering Design Process

4. Go Find It!
With a partner, walk around the room looking for pictures of adaptive and assistive technology.
Label the pictures as AS or AD on your response sheet.
Who can get the most correct?

5. What is bioengineering?
Bioengineering—the application of engineering to living things
It’s categorized into two different groups…
Assistive—helps someone without changing them
permanently
Adaptive—permanently changes the living organism

6. Assistive Bioengineering…
Examples:
Eye glasses
Hearing aids
Wheel chair ramp
Cane
Large print book
Contact lenses

7. Adaptive Bioengineering…
Examples:
Gene therapy
Implants
Insulin pump
Biofuels (corn made into fuel/gas)
Artificial skin

8. Assistive:
Hearing
Aid
Adaptive:
Cochlear Implant

9. Adaptive Bioengineering
Irradiated Foods

10. Adaptive Bioengineering
Biofuels

11. Adaptive Bioengineering
Pest Control

13. Which of these is an example of how bioengineering could be used to save a species of animal that is being killed by a new disease?
A. keeping animals in zoos so that they do not have contact with diseased animals
B. hunting animals that are sick to remove them from the population
C. modifying genes of some animals to improve their ability to recover
D clearing a forest so the diseased animals get more sunlight

14. Slap Jack! Get a baggie with pictures.
Give half the pictures to your partner and you keep the other half.
Place the pictures upside down.
Take turns turning over a picture.
Be the first person to SLAP only the pictures of adaptive technology.
Send me the winner!