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Activity at a glance

Time to complete #### min
Age level Advanced high school, College, or Professional school
Bloom's level(s)
  • BL3 - Apply
  • BL4 - Analyze
  • BL5 - Evaluate
Learning objective

After completing this activity, students will be able to infer (BL4 - Analyze) knee ligament function using a knock-out experiment (BL4 - Analyze) and motion simulations (BL5 - Evaluate) with a physical model and use these results to explain (BL5 - Evaluate) patterns of knee ligament injury and recommended strategies for knee injury avoidance.

Assessment
  • Students: Students can assess their own work on page 1 and the first row of page 2 of the worksheet using "Assess" boxes in the activity guide.
  • Educators: Educators can assess students' work for rows 2-4 on page 2 of the worksheet using the answer key (only accessible to educators).
Materials needed See Materials needed
Systems
  • Skeletal
Core concepts
  • ​​Structure & function
Competencies
  • Depiction of anatomy
  • Integration of 2D and 3D representations
  • Motion analysis
  • Observation
Activity ID HSKN2