Biomedical engineers

This online resource looks at technologies that unblock clogged blood vessels.

Following the steps of the engineering design process and acting as biomedical engineers, student teams can use everyday materials to design and develop devices and approaches to unclogging blood vessels. Through this open-ended design project, they learn about the circulatory system, biomedical engineering, and conditions that lead to heart attacks and strokes.

This online resource shows students how physics is used in medicine.

The resource allows students to examine results from PET and MRI scans, colonoscopies and radiotherapy on patients.

The aim of this exercise is for students to examine how physics can be used in everyday life.

Students work their way through each test, comparing results and diagnosing possible diseases.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U04 (Year 9)