Bioethics: wearable data privacy
Debate whether employers should access workers' wearable motion and fatigue data, then post a CER.
One-paragraph CER taking a position on whether employers should access wearable physiological data from workers.
- 1Do thisDebate whether employers should access workers' wearable motion and fatigue data, then post a CER.
- 2Use this resource
- 3Submit thisCER: One-paragraph CER taking a position on whether employers should access wearable physiological data from workers.
- 4Submit it here
- 1CMSD website. Go to clevelandmetroschools.org and click the Clever button.
- 2Clever. Clever opens. Sign in if it asks.
- 3Microsoft (district) login. Use your district Microsoft account (the one for school).
- 4Schoology. Open Schoology, then your class, then Assignments, and find the file named below.
The file to submit is named: Human Anatomy & Physiology (Human Body Systems) › Unit 1.2 Motion Data: Muscle strength, fatigue, physiology sensors, range of motion, joint testing, kinesiology taping. › CEROpen Schoology
- CER:
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning — make a claim, back it with evidence, explain your reasoning.
- SOP:
- Standard Operating Procedure — the exact steps to follow (especially in a lab).
- Tracker:
- Your PLTW progress log where you record completed evidence.
- myPLTW:
- The PLTW course site where you do the online activities — you open it through Schoology.
Minute-by-minute · 80-minute block
💡 Big idea: Wearable technology generates physiological data that blurs the line between health privacy and workplace safety monitoring.
- 0-5Intro: what wearable motion sensors actually collect
- 5-20Independent reading and safety-benefit/privacy-harm list
- 20-40John Carroll bioethics debate
- 40-55Draft claim and evidence
- 55-75Write and post CER
- 75-80Class share: most persuasive safety vs privacy arguments
- • This week you collect real physiological data using sensors. Before we do that, here is the question the technology raises.
- • Wearable devices can tell an employer exactly when your muscles are fatiguing. Should they be allowed to look?
- • Build your CER around one specific position: either employers should have access with conditions you name, or they should not.
- • The EMG vocabulary in the reading today will show up again Tuesday when we learn what the signal actually measures.
- 1Read the prompt: should a company see the muscle-fatigue data from an employee's fitness wearable?
- 2List two safety benefits and two privacy harms of employer access.
- 3Choose a side and write a one-sentence claim with your reasoning.
- 4Debate in your John Carroll bioethics group and note the strongest counterpoint.
- 5Post a CER response balancing worker safety and data privacy.
- • You can take a position on employer access to wearable data.
- • You can balance a safety benefit against a privacy harm.
- • Wearable sensors can collect EMG (electromyography), heart rate, and range-of-motion data in real time outside a clinical setting.
- • Personal health information is protected by HIPAA in clinical contexts, but workplace wearables occupy a legal gray zone.
- • The bioethical tension is between using data to prevent injury (employer benefit) and the right not to share your body's data with an employer (worker autonomy).
Your PLTW work today
Unit 1.2 Motion Data: Muscle strength, fatigue, physiology sensors, range of motion, joint testing, kinesiology taping. · Bioethics: wearable data privacy
Day 1 of this lesson. Open this exact section in myPLTW (reached through Schoology), then do the work below.
Do this: Open Lesson 1.2 Muscles and Motion in myPLTW and complete the introductory motion-and-fatigue task; use a fact from it in your wearable-data-privacy CER.
Mark the introductory task complete after posting your CER.
You finished muscle-anatomy content last week; this week focuses on motion data within Lesson 1.2, and the task should be checked off today.
myPLTW completion status plus CER screenshot.
All PLTW activities are completed inside the PLTW course environment — this page only gives direction. Submit producibles on Schoology.
Today's PLTW tracker
Check things off as you work, then submit. This tells Mr. Mendoza how you're doing so he can help the class. It does not replace turning in your producible on Schoology.
Use the code Mr. Mendoza gave you, not your name. Saved on this device.
Unit 1.2 Motion Data: Muscle strength, fatigue, physiology sensors, range of motion, joint testing, kinesiology taping. · Bioethics: wearable data privacy
Open Lesson 1.2 Muscles and Motion in myPLTW and complete the introductory motion-and-fatigue task; use a fact from it in your wearable-data-privacy CER.
You finished muscle-anatomy content last week; this week focuses on motion data within Lesson 1.2, and the task should be checked off today.
This is how Mr. Mendoza sees the class keeping pace with PLTW. Be honest, it only helps if it is accurate.
🎯 Debate whether employers should access workers' wearable motion and fatigue data, then post a CER.
- Read the prompt: should a company see the muscle-fatigue data from an employee's fitness wearable?
- List two safety benefits and two privacy harms of employer access.
- Choose a side and write a one-sentence claim with your reasoning.
- Debate in your John Carroll bioethics group and note the strongest counterpoint.
- Post a CER response balancing worker safety and data privacy.
CER: One-paragraph CER taking a position on whether employers should access wearable physiological data from workers.
Submit on SchoologyUpload by 11:29 PM for full credit.
| Task | Who |
|---|---|
| Read the prompt: should a company see the muscle-fatigue data from an employee's fitness wearable? | _______ |
| List two safety benefits and two privacy harms of employer access. | _______ |
| Choose a side and write a one-sentence claim with your reasoning. | _______ |
| Debate in your John Carroll bioethics group and note the strongest counterpoint. | _______ |
| Post a CER response balancing worker safety and data privacy. | _______ |
Working solo? Put your own name in "Who" for every row.
- You can take a position on employer access to wearable data.
- You can balance a safety benefit against a privacy harm.
Resources & readings
Vetted readings and references for this unit. Use them to prepare, to catch up if you were absent, or to go deeper on today's target.
Lab & supplies
This unit's vocabulary
Tap the speaker to hear a term. Weekly vocabulary task: add two of these terms to your notebook glossary with a definition and an example in your own words.
WebXam practice
Cumulative WebXam review
A quick mixed-review pulling questions from earlier units plus today, so the WebXam material stays fresh.
Where this leads — careers
What today's skills lead to. These are real health-science careers this course builds toward. Tap one to see, on the US Department of Labor's O*NET site, what the job actually involves, what it pays, and how fast it is growing.
What to do if you were absent
Read the linked overview on personal health records, then post a written CER on whether employers should access wearable fatigue data, citing one fact from the resource.
MedlinePlus: Personal health recordsThen submit your CER on Schoology.
Class still runs. Complete the online activity above (it's self-guided). Need the concept taught without a teacher? Use this authoritative explainer:
Khan Academy: Joints and Movement- CompleteEvery required part of the artifact is present, nothing left blank.
- AccurateThe science and the data are correct and match the evidence.
- Scientific reasoningYou explain your claim with evidence and reasoning (CER), not just an answer.
- Professional communicationClear, organized, labeled, and written the way a clinician or scientist would.
- SubmittedTurned in the right way (Schoology for routine work) and confirmed.
Drop your Tue, Sep 22, 2026 · Bioethics: wearable data privacy here. Use a clear file name (your initials + project). Routine work still goes to Schoology (via the CMSD portal).
Upload a project