1. Sport Sort Find a partner
Sort the sports in ascending order (least to greatest) for number of TBI’s in 2009

2. Results Cycling: 85,389 Football: 46,948 Baseball/Softball: 38,394
Basketball: 34,692
Water Sports: 28,716
Powered Recreational Vehicles: 26,606
Soccer: 24,184
Skateboarders/Scooters: 23,114
Fitness/Exercise/Health Club: 18,018
Winter Sports: 16,948
Horseback Riding: 14,466
Gymnastics/Dance/Cheerleadin g: 10,223
Golf: 10,035
Hockey: 8,145

3. Thought Question:
Do you wear a helmet 100% of the time you are on a bike?
Why or why not?
BE HONEST!

4. Why is cycling #1?
Without proper protection a fall of as little as two feet can result in a skull fracture or TBI.
~ 50% of US children 5-14 own a helmet
~25% report always wearing it while bicycling
Helmet use can reduce the risk of head injury by 85% and severe brain injury by 88%

5. Why might people not wear a helmet?

6. Comparing Different Helmets
You will each be given a picture of a helmet.
In your notebook create the following chart:
Common Features
Unique Features

7. Name It Write down everything you see about the design of your helmet.
List what sport/activity you think your helmet is for.
Write down any features (if any) you think are common to other helmets.
These should go in your “Common Features” column.
Write down any features (if any) you think are unique to the helmet you are looking at.

8. Find your other classmates who had the same helmet as you
Find Your Partner
Find your other classmates who had the same helmet as you

9. Compare your Lists
Compare you common and unique features columns from your notes. Add features as necessary after sharing with your partner(s).

10. Explain It As a group: Look at your unique features –
What could they be?
What role or function might they serve?
Why might they be there?
Write these notes below your table.

11. Give Reasons What makes you say that?
Why do you think it was designed that way?

12. Generate Alternatives
What else could it be?
What makes you say that?

13. Find someone with a different helmet

14. Compare & Contrast With your new partner:
Fill out the compare and contrast chart for your helmet.
Under “main topic” write Sports Helmets
Under “subtopic” write the name of the sport that pertains to your helmet.

16. Designing Helmets
the-olympic-winter-games
COPY these questions into your notebook and answer them as you watch the video.
What role does the hard outer casing play in helmets?
What role does the foam lining play?
What happens when you pop a bubble on bubble wrap?

17. Invisible Helmet http://vimeo.com/43038579
What problems did these women aim to solve?
Were they similar to the problems we listed as a class for why people won’t wear their helmet when on a bicycle?

18. HOMEWORK “Interview” 5 NHS students
They cannot be from this class.
Ask them: “do you wear a helmet when riding your bike?”
After you get an answer – ask them “why they do or do not wear one”
Record their answers and bring to class on Thursday.
BE SURE TO THANK THE STUDENT FOR HELPING YOU!

19. Brain Safety Design Challenge

20. Challenge: Design a helmet to protect a skull (egg) Your design must:
Stay on the head
Keep the skull from cracking
Extra Credit: The team whose helmet withstands the maximum impact speed without the skull cracking wins.

21. Calculating Speed
Speed = distance/time

22. Materials
See lab protocol for complete list

23. Final Product
You will create a poster to put on display on campus that raises awareness about the importance of wearing helmets

24. Poster Requirements Picture of your helmet on your egg.
Picture of the egg after testing.
Picture of your helmet after testing – calling attention to any padding that collapsed.
Introductory paragraph describing what the problem was that you had to solve.
A paragraph explaining how energy was absorbed during the crash. This will be based on design features you included.
Paragraph describing what steps you took building your design. What happened during your first test and the changes you made for the final test.

25. Poster Requirements
Paragraph explaining what changes you would make if you could make more modifications.
What regions of the brain were damaged (if any) during your collision.
What effects of the damage would be if it were a real person.
What you learned from the activity.

26. Teams:

27. Brainstorming (10 mins) In your groups: Brainstorm:
Read the project protocol
Brainstorm:
What information you need to know that will help you be successful with your mission?
What design considerations should you take into account to protect your egg?
What materials might you choose to help protect the egg?

28. Draw (10 mins)

29. Build & Test 1