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Preconditioning Balloons: Viscoelastic Biomedical Experiments
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Briggs, Brandi N. Forbes, Marissa |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Students use balloons (a polymer) to explore preconditioning—a viscoelastic material behavior that is important to understand when designing biomedical devices. They improve their understanding of preconditioning by measuring the force needed to stretch a balloon to the same displacement multiple times. Students gain experience in data collection and graph interpretation. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Biology Data Analysis and Probability Physical Science Reasoning and Proof Polymer Balloon Medical Mechanics Biomedical Stress Relaxation Preconditioning Material Behavior Stretch Material Property Viscoelasticity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT30M |
| Education Level | Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Probability Biology |
