Riverton Journal | February 2022

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February 2022 | Vol. 32 Iss. 14FREE February is National Dental Month

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By Jet Burnham | j.burnham@mycityjournals.com

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ore than earning a grade, students in Oquirrh Hills Middle School’s Exploring Technology class wanted to impress Jack. Their assignment was to design a prosthetic leg using materials found at home and in the school’s woodshop. And Jack Meier, a ninth grader who uses a prosthetic leg, would evaluate their design and help determine their grade. Carly Stirland said her students are willing to spend extra time on the project because it has a real life application; they know the end user. “They wanted it to be the best for someone who was really going to wear it,” she said. “It’s a real life thing. We don’t do that enough at school—give them real world problems and have them try to solve them.” Because Jack has used a prosthetic leg his whole life, he has strong opinions about what makes a good design. He was happy to drop by the classroom several times throughout the design process to try on students’ designs, which is a normal part of the process when he gets a new prosthesis. He gave his peers feedback—the socket is too big, the knee hinge overextends, it needs more padding, it’s too heavy. He and Stirland evaluated each design for comfort, stability, aesthetics and usability. Students appealed to Jack’s love of BYU by painting their prosthetics blue and white. One team etched the Continued page 6

Students design a prosthetic leg for their peer in the Exploring Technology class at Oquirrh Hills Middle School. (Jet Burnham/City Journals)

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