If growth plates become an area of focus (or really any type of fracture/injury) is introduced, have students consider the perspective of a bone cell (osteoblast) in the injury.
The image below describes fracture of the growth plate. If the growth plate is fractured there are bone cells that are at the fracture sites. Students can question what an individual cell may be experiencing (empathizing) at the fracture site, consider what may be missing that causes this cell to not produce bone (ideate) and develop methods to solve the issue (protoype.) This could potentially be done for any condition…or even from the perspective of a child experiencing a fracture. Think about what they are unable to do or participate in (empathize), what the source of that issue is and how it may be remedied (ideating), and actions/tools that could be helpful in facilitating bone repair (protoype).
