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Resource from the ENGAGE project, which won 'best open educational resource (2017)' New research suggests that smart phone use is seriously damaging our necks. Looking down at an a ngle places great strain on the spine, and can result in serious harm. In this activity students learn about the forces acting on the spine. They then devise a plan to investigate the causes of text neck, before solving a dilemma: will they use their phone less to prevent neck damage? Learning objective Forces: identify forces on objects Hypothesise: define a problem and devise a plan to investigate it Blueprint curriculum link Unit: Moving & turning Concept: Moments: The turning effect of a force varies with force and distance. Objects are in equilibrium if the moments are equal and opposite Skills: Variables: Choose variables to answer a scientific question Learning stage: Analyse Activity contents Teachers guide PowerPoint file The activity is delivered as a zip file. After you checkout, you will be sent an email with the link to download it. Weblinks Text neck - how smartphones are damaging our spines A newspaper article describing the research Have YOU got text neck? A second newspaper article describing the research Scientific research The scientific paper in Surgical Technology International Forces in muscles and joints Forces acting on the neck (see figure 8) Show more