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BMI Interactive Assessment: Health Education Tool

 


BMI Interactive Assessment

BMI Interactive Assessment is an engaging health education tool that helps students understand Body Mass Index (BMI) and how it relates to healthy body weight. Through interactive sliders and immediate visual feedback, students explore how changes in height and mass affect BMI values and weight categories.

🎯 Learning Experience

Students actively manipulate height and mass to observe real-time changes in BMI. This hands-on exploration builds intuition about mathematical relationships while connecting calculations to meaningful health contexts.

🧩 Key Features

Interactive Sliders

  • Adjust:

    • Mass: 30–120 kg

    • Height: 1.3–2.0 m

  • Immediate updates to BMI values and category indicators

  • Encourages experimentation and comparison of scenarios

Real-Time BMI Calculation

  • Automatically calculates BMI using the formula:
    BMI = mass ÷ (height × height)

  • Displays:

    • Numerical BMI value

    • The calculation process for transparency and learning

Colour-Coded BMI Categories

BMI results are clearly classified using colour cues:

  • Underweight (Blue): BMI < 18.5

  • Healthy Weight (Green): BMI 18.5–24.9

  • Overweight (Orange): BMI 25.0–29.9

  • Obese (Red): BMI ≥ 30.0

This visual feedback helps students quickly interpret outcomes.

Visual Body Representation

  • An animated figure changes proportionally as mass increases

  • Supports visualisation of how weight changes affect body appearance

  • Reinforces the connection between numerical values and physical representation

BMI Guide Panel

  • Reference panel summarising:

    • BMI ranges

    • Category meanings

  • Supports independent learning and interpretation

Exploration Prompts

Built-in inquiry questions guide deeper thinking:

  • What happens to BMI when mass increases but height stays the same?

  • How does height influence BMI?

  • Can you find combinations that result in a healthy BMI?

Support & Reset Features

  • Reset button to return to default values

  • Show Hints button for guided support when students need help

🎓 Educational Value

This interactive supports learning in Health Education, Physical Education, and Science by helping students understand that:

  • BMI is a screening tool, not a diagnosis

  • Both height and weight matter when assessing body mass

  • Mathematical relationships can model real-world health concepts

Students also develop:

  • Numerical reasoning skills

  • Data interpretation skills

  • Critical thinking about health metrics and wellness

The interactive design encourages curiosity, experimentation, and reflection.

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🛠️ Credits

Created by participants of the SLS Cookout Workshop, using Claude 4.
For more AI-generated educational simulations, visit:
https://sg.iwant2study.org/ospsg/index.php/ai-prompt-library/1366-prompt-library-for-educational-simulations

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