Amplify: Designing Wheelchairs for All Shapes and Sizes

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Designing Wheelchairs for All Shapes and Sizes

Multiple Choice

Some wheelchairs have _______, and others are operated by hand.

• motors

• batteries

• attachments

Poll

Did you fully read the article?

• Yes, I read the entire article

• No, I did not read the article

• I read half of the article

• I'm goin to yes but I did not read the article

Dr. Coopers team can change the design of a wheelchair to meet the needs of any patient.

• Mass is the amount of matter that makes up an object

• with more mass are heavier than objects with less mass

• By changing the mass of a wheelchair, Dr. Cooper can make it change velocity more easily or less easily.

Open Ended

Wheelchairs used for wheelchair racing are built for speed. That means they need to be light.

Explain why lightweight chairs are more beneficial in terms of velocity (distance/time).

Respond in 3-5 sentences.

Athletes in Wheelchairs

Rugby, a fast, full-contact sport played on a court similar to a basketball court. Wheelchair rugby players need stability—they crash into each other often, and it’s important that they don’t tip over in a collision. For this reason, rugby wheelchairs are heavier than racing wheelchairs.

Open Ended

Explain why more force would be needed to stop a rugby wheelchair in comparison to a racing wheelchair.

Respond in 3-5 sentences.

Multiple Choice

When engineers design wheelchairs, the most important consideration is _____ the chair.

• the person using

• the design of

• the mass of

• the material of