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Station instructions
PDF instructions for the station
References cited
The following articles/books are references cited in this activity: Andrews, K., Lu, A., Mckea...
Simulating ligament injuries through a knockout experiment
Now you're ready to knock out some ligaments. On page 2 of your activity worksheet you'll find a ...
Introduction
If you've ever had a severe knee injury or read about one, you're likely familiar with an account...
Materials needed
For this activity you’ll need: The worksheet for this activity (either opened in a PDF viewer ...
Station worksheet
Use this worksheet to complete this activity as a station
Activity Worksheet (Self-guided)
Use the worksheet below for the self-guided activity. If you are setting this activity up as a st...
What are motion axes?
What is an axis of rotation (rotational motion axis)? Before figuring out how your knees move, yo...
What are the motion axes of the knee?
It's challenging to observe all the ways the knee can move from observing your own knee. Only bei...
How many motion axes does your own knee have?
Now that you understand motion axes, use your own knees (if you are able) to guess how many motio...
Activity at a glance
Time to complete Approximately 1-1.5 hours Age level Advanced high school, College, ...
Materials needed
For this activity you’ll need: The worksheet for this activity (either opened in a PDF viewer ...
Activity at a glance
Time to complete Approximately 1-1.5 hours Age level Advanced high school, College, ...
Pre-marking structures on your kit (Optional)
If your knee kit doesn’t already have stickers attached, you can start by marking all of the hunt...
General guide to this scavenger hunt
To complete this scavenger hunt, use the hints in this guide and the wordbank on page 1 of the ac...
Finish labeling your kit (Optional)
If you attached circle stickers to your kit in Premarking the hunt items, now test how well you c...
Detaching the manual muscle cords
Detach the manual muscle cords by following the steps shown in the video or listed out below. ...
About the muscle color, labeling, and material scheme
If you have a basic or full knee kit model, your kit comes with elastic muscle cords ("muscles"),...
Detaching the elastic muscle cords
To detach the muscles from your knee kit, you just need to know how to detach the cord ends from ...
Attaching the elastic muscle cords
Each of the elastic muscle cords ("muscles") in your kit connects to two attachment sites (an ori...