Wearable Device Sports Engineering Activity (Sports & STEM)

lesson overview

Design a wearable device for an athlete STEM Challenge! Looking for a sports STEM activity? This is the perfect way to engage students interested in sports like football or basketball. The handouts connect engineering and science to various sports.

Activity Overview: Whether football or swimming, athletes work hard to stay in shape and improve their performance. They often push their bodies to the limit, and they need ways to communicate to their coaches if they are in distress. 

For this challenge, your engineering company is tasked with designing a wearable device that allows athletes to communicate even during intense exercising.  

Students will first learn about circuits, how STEM plays a role in training athletes, and then create their own light-up wearable device. 

Real-world STEM Connection:

• Career of Sports Engineering

• How Circuits Work Science Background

• Overview of Sports Science & Sports Medicine

As with many STEM activities, this challenge can be tailored to students of various skill levels and abilities.

*Note: This product is the same as the wearable device space challenge except with different STEM career and real-world connection pages.

Included in this product:

• Detailed teachers guide with links to resources

• Photos and videos of student examples

• Student handouts to guide them through the design process

• Videos to motivate and support learning

• Editable Google Slides STEM journal for distance learning

• STEM Career Connections and real-world examples

• Science handouts on how circuits work

• Student recording sheet for each step of the process

• Math connection problems

Suggested Materials: Many different materials can be used for this challenge. Here are some suggestions that worked well for our students.

• Aluminum foil

• LED light

• 3V coin cell battery

• Construction paper

• Cardstock

• Scissors

• Tape

• Ruler

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