Erik is a young boy living in Germany, confronted with going on a dreaded camping trip.  Let's just say that Erik is not the best camper there is out there!

Also attending the camping trip is a longtime friend (or maybe not), Matthias.  While camping, everyone goes on a hike.

Before they know it, Matthias...and NOT Erik, has injured himself.  Can Erik help prove that he is a good camper and use some biomedical engineering skills to help Matthias through his injury?  We hope so!

Key Vocabulary:  brace, cast, materials, properties, biomedical engineer, engineering design process, technology, tendon, ligament, bone, joint, and muscle. 

Breaking down the word biomedical into its prefix--"bio" and its base word "medical," fourth graders were able to see how biomedical refers to both life and medicine!

In a "get-to-know-you" type situation, fourth graders were shown images of biomedical engineers in action or the technologies they help design and develop.  Asking questions and providing statements of what they knew, fourth graders shared their insight into what they think biomedical engineering is all about!