Teach Engineering: Stress, Strain and Hooke's Law

This lesson offers an introduction to Hooke's Law as well as stress-strain relationships. Young scholars will first learn the governing equations. Then students will work through several example problems first individually, then as a class. In addition, the lesson includes a two-part associated activity. In the first part, young scholars explore Hooke's law by experimentally determining an unknown spring constant. In the second part, students will apply what they've learned to create a strain graph depicting a tumor using Microsoft Excel. Finally, the lesson includes an attached stress-strain quiz to assess each student's knowledge following the activities.