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STEM Central Bioengineering and a torch bearer’s story

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An Olympics related story which could provide the stimulus for using the STEM Central Bioengineering context.  Kieran Maxwell, a 13 year old who had his leg amputated as a result of cancer, is to get a new prosthetic leg, reported in this BBC News story “Kieran Maxwell’s new limb”. Learners could consider in what ways prosthetic limbs differ, and how the design of one may make it more appropriate than another for Kieran.

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