Educational Escape Rooms
... focused on the teaching of the human circulatory system
and heart anatomy
Spartan Corpus: An industrial espionage case
Game story:
"Artificial organs will be the future of biomedical industry. Constructing an efficient artificial organ requires both the development of an appropriate design (biomimicry) as well as adequate engineering skills. Skillful bioengineers are required. Spartan Corpus is a leading bioengineering company. Due to a security breach, someone broke into the company’s lab and destroyed the blueprints and prototype heart models. An industrial spy aims to sell the blueprints to rival companies. The main suspects are current company employees. Students main objectives are to re-assemble the mechanic heart models and find the spy in time!"
Learning objectives:
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Understanding the heart structure (atriums, ventricles, and valves).
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Recognising the structural/functional differences of arteries and veins.
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Describing correctly the blood circulations (systemic, pulmonary, and coronary).
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Interpreting how to interpret blood hematocrit measurements.
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Explaining the differences between the circulatory system of a mammal, an amphibian and a fish.
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Identifying more about blood cells’ morphological differences in certain diseases (anaemia, leukaemia, sickle cell anaemia).
Game resources & instructions:
Stay tuned. To be uploaded soon. Thanks for your patience.