Your learners are a team of athletic trainers working with a basketball team. Their job is to identify problems with the athletes' muscles and joints and suggest exercises to help them!
Try it out!
Use this guide to help your learners explore their athletic trainer research project.
Provide this lab notebook for learners to record their observations and reflections during their science explorations.
Materials Needed
Cardboard mailing tubes, 2" x 12"
Latex-free rubber bands, 3.5" x1/16"
Knee-high stockings, brown or tan
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English/Spanish: Eight 3x5" exercise cards
English/Arabic: Eight 3x5" exercise cards
English/Chinese: Eight 3x5" exercise cards
English/French: Eight 3x5" exercise cards
English/Hmong: Eight 3x5" exercise cards
Additional Resources
Use the career card [English/Spanish] as a visual facilitation aid, so learners can see what an athletic trainer might look like.
Refer to the additional resources guide for supplemental activities and media.
At the end of the activity, allow learners to choose a science skills sticker [English/Spanish] that reflects how they were like a scientist and put it in their lab notebooks.
