Meet the Microchip
Students will be able to explain microchip technology and use via real world engineering and design.
Overview
Students watch a clip about a prosthetic leg with a microchip, then brainstorm and diagram how it works. They examine everyday items such as calculators, phones, and watches, learn vocabulary including transistor, resistor, capacitor, and integrated circuit, and read an article on microchip basics. The teacher connects microchips to medical devices such as the cochlear implant and pacemaker defibrillator, including military needs. Students interpret a graph from a research article on microchips in medicine, argue from evidence, and identify a device used by US soldiers with three reasons it needs improvement. Teams design an improved device, complete a lab report, and present it.
Lesson Objectives
- Explain microchip technology and use via real world engineering and design.
Standards
NGSS · 5
- MS-LS1-8Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
- SEP Developing & Using Models
- SEP Planning & Carrying out Investigations
- SEP Engaging in Argument from Evidence
- CCC Interdependence of Science, Engineering, & Technology
CCSS Math · 1
- 6.EE.C.9Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another
CCSS ELA · 1
- SL.11-12.1.aCome to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.