Students will investigate Hooke's law by studying the elastic properties of various sized tubing, especially the relationship between a force that stretches an elastic body and the length the elastic body stretches. Students will apply a known force to several elastic tubes and measure resulting changes in the diameter and length. Once students acquire a basic understanding of elasticity, they will relate this concept to the cardiovascular system.
Human body, force, motion, artery, physics, elasticity, extension, stretch, elastic limit, strain, elastic deformation, Hooke's law, diameter, length
