Building a Better Hockey Puck for Blind Players
7:18
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: New May 2022! Explore the world of STEM in sports and see what engineers are doing to build a better hockey puck for use by blind hockey players. Meet the engineers and the players and see the process being used to learn what the hockey players need and then what is done to design and build a puck to meet that need.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: STEM-48**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video in conjunction with a STEM activity focused on technology that helps the disabled. Have student investigate various current technologies, interview students who use the technology about its use and effectiveness, and hypothesize possible improvements for feedback from students who would use the changed technology.
- Have students brainstorm challenges to blind players in sports other than hockey and come up with possible solutions. They can build or draw a model of their idea to share with others.
- Use the video as an example of STEM in sports. Have students identify different applications of STEM they see being used.
*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
