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Human Knee Kit
Activity guides and other materials for the Human Knee Active Learning Kit by 3D Anatomy Studios.
HSKN:: Connective tissue scavenger hunt
HSKN:: How many ways can you move your knee?
HSKN:: What are the functions of the knee ligaments?
HSKN:: How do muscles work together?
Activity Worksheet (Self-guided)
Use the worksheet below for the self-guided activity. If you are setting this activity up as a station, use this worksheet instead.
Activity Guide
A full guide to this activity that students can follow for self-guided learning or that you can use to prepare a demonstration or set up a lab station
The Scavenger Hunt
Your hunt starts with the easy stuff: the four bones of the knee. The bones Femur: This is the most superior of the bones with two condyles (rounded protuberances) at its inferior (distal) end. Write in "Femur" on the worksheet on the corresponding blank(s)...
Finish labeling your kit (Optional)
If you attached circle stickers to your kit in Premarking the hunt items, now test how well you can identify these structures on your kit. On each circle sticker that you attached to your kit, write in the number corresponding to that structure from the word ...
Educator Guide
Information that is helpful for using this activity as an educator
Introduction
Before you start exploring the function of your knee in other activities (e.g., how the knee moves, what each of the ligaments do), you’ll need some familiarity with its structure (i.e., its form). This activity will introduce you to the knee’s major connectiv...
Materials needed
For this activity you’ll need: The worksheet for this activity (either opened in a PDF viewer on a desktop/tablet computer or printed out). A Human Knee Active Learning Kit (Basic or Full model). You'll need at least the minimal number of muscles attac...
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 items on your knee kit with blank stickers. Attaching stickers to your knee kit This will help you gain familiarity with the shapes and locations of the struc...
Activity at a glance
Time to complete Approximately 1-1.5 hours Age level Advanced high school, College, or Professional school Bloom's level(s) BL1 - Remember BL2 - Understand Learning objective After completing this activity, students will be ab...
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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 activity worksheet to fill in the blanks on pages 2-4 of the worksheet. Follow the hints in order- each hint builds off a previous one. Use the images on your worksh...
References cited
The following articles/books are references cited in this activity: Smith, Laura K et al. Brunnstrom’s Clinical Kinesiology. 5th ed. / revised by Laura K. Smith, Elizabeth Lawrence Weiss, L. Don Lehmkuhl. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1996. Print. Chapter 9: Kn...
Materials needed
For this activity you’ll need: The worksheet for this activity (either opened in a PDF viewer on a desktop/tablet computer or printed out). A Human Knee Active Learning Kit (Mini, Basic, or Full model). For this activity, you can use either the ...
Activity Guide
A full guide to this activity that students can follow for self-guided learning or that you can use to prepare a demonstration or set up a lab station
Introduction
Many joints in your body move in complex ways and your knee is one of those joints. In this activity, you’ll figure out all the ways your knee can move and learn how to describe this motion using motion axes. Using motion axes will allow you to break down thes...