Assistive and Adaptive Bioengineering

TNReady Practice Question

Answer The correct answer is A.

Science Standard SPI 0807.T/E.4 Differentiate between adaptive and assistive engineered products (e.g., food, biofuels, medicines, integrated pest management).

What is Engineering? Engineering is the process of creating technology. Name some examples of technology that engineers, scientists, and inventors have created.

Check for Understanding What is engineering?

Answer Engineering is the process of creating technology

What is Bioengineering? Bioengineering is the application of engineering (technology) to living things, such as humans and plants. Bioengineers look at problems that occur in living things and invent technology that will help with these problems.

Check for Understanding What is bioengineering?

Answer Bioengineering is the application of engineering (technology) to living things, such as humans and plants.

Assistive Bioengineering Technology that is developed to help organisms, but DOES NOT change them. ASSIST = HELP Examples: Eyeglasses Wheelchairs Antibiotics

Check for Understanding What is Assistive Technology?

Answer Technology that is developed to help organisms, but DOES NOT change them.

Adaptive Bioengineering Technology developed to help living organisms and DOES change them. ADAPT = CHANGE Examples: Lasik Eye Surgery Knee replacement New strains of crop in agriculture

Check for Understanding What is Adaptive Technology?

Answer Technology that is developed to help organisms, and it DOES change them.

How to Differentiate Does it help? Then it is a technology. But which one? Does it help without permanently changing the organism? Does it help and change the organism? Assistive Technology Adaptive Technology

Check for Understanding How can you tell the difference between assistive and adaptive technologies?

Answer To tell the difference, determine if the organism is changed or not

Bioengineering Remember that they are both assistive biotechnologies… The difference is that adaptive technologies change the organism… Artificial Limbs Contact Lenses Cochlear implants Crutches Adaptive Technology Assistive Technology Mechanical Organs Gene Therapy Audio books Hearing Aids

Modeling #1: Hearing Aid Ask yourself: Does it help with or without changing? Without changing- so it’s Assistive.

Modeling #2: Cochlear Implant Ask yourself: Does it help with or without changing? It changes- so it’s Adaptive.

Adaptive or Assistive???? Next five slides are practice. Number 1 to 5 on note page. Discuss each with your partner. Determine if Assistive or Adaptive. Write your answer for each.

Practice #1: Hip Replacement

Practice #2: Crutches

Practice #3: Knee Brace

Practice #4: Arm Cast

Practice #5: Wheelchair

Answers 1. Adaptive 2. Assistive 3. Assistive 4. Assistive Evaluate: How did you do? 1 to 5, Hold up how many correct.

Independent Practice The next four slides are for independent practice. Do not confer with your partner or neighbors. Number 6 to 9 on your note page. Determine if the technology is Assistive or Adaptive. Write your answer on your paper.

#6 Contact Lenses

#7 Lasik Eye Surgery

#8 Prosthetics

#9: 3-D Printed Organs

#10: GMOs Genetically Modified Organisms- Animals

Answers 6. Assistive 7. Adaptive 8. Assistive 9. Adaptive 10. Adaptive Evaluate: How did you do? 1 to 5 Hold up how many you got correct. Are you remembering to ask yourself the important question???

Ticket Out the Door On a new piece of paper Name, Date, Block Number 1 to 6 Identify each picture as Assistive or Adaptive. Write your answers on your paper.

#1: Glasses

#2: Pencil Grips

#3: Knee Replacement

#4: GMOs Bioengineered Food- Genetically Modified

#5: GoTalk Speech Device

#6: Artificial Limbs