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Teddy Bear Emergency Room

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Grades K-230-45 minSource: Creative Dad Company

The classroom becomes an emergency clinic for stuffed-animal patients. Kids examine a 'patient,' measure it with blocks or string, and engineer a real bandage, splint, sling, or carrier to treat its injury.

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Prep: 15 minActivity: 30 min1 session~$2/groupOne table or clear floor areaBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather only common or recycled items needed to draw an injury card and build a first treatment (bandage, splint, sling, or carrier) sized to fit your patient. Place the materials beside a simple recording sheet or blank paper, and prepare the Teddy Bear Emergency Room challenge in one working area; no digital device is needed.

Activity

  1. Examine your stuffed patient, compare its body parts to a real animal, and measure it with blocks or string to record its size.
  2. Draw an injury card and build a first treatment (bandage, splint, sling, or carrier) sized to fit your patient.
  3. Test the treatment by having the patient sit, move, and fit inside its carrier — if it can't, redesign the treatment to fix the problem.
  4. Give the patient's owner a short diagnosis and demonstrate how the finished treatment works.

Done when: The learner completes Teddy Bear Emergency Room after carrying out this core test: Test the treatment by having the patient sit, move, and fit inside its carrier — if it can't, redesign the treatment to fix the problem. The learner then uses that result to complete the final task: Give the patient's owner a short diagnosis and demonstrate how the finished treatment works.

Materials

Stuffed animal patients, injury cards, string or yarn, craft sticks, fabric scraps, tape, small boxes

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Steps

  1. Examine your stuffed patient, compare its body parts to a real animal, and measure it with blocks or string to record its size.
  2. Draw an injury card and build a first treatment (bandage, splint, sling, or carrier) sized to fit your patient.
  3. Test the treatment by having the patient sit, move, and fit inside its carrier — if it can't, redesign the treatment to fix the problem.
  4. Give the patient's owner a short diagnosis and demonstrate how the finished treatment works.

Standards it satisfies

  • NGSS · K-2-ETS1-1

    Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through development of a new or improved object or tool.