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Using Stress and Strain to Detect Cancer!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Murphy, Meghan Diamond, Luke |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students are presented with a biomedical engineering challenge: Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among women and the American Cancer Society says mammography is the best early-detection tool available. This three lesson/three activity unit provides hands-on activities to teach the concepts of stress, strain and Hooke's law, which students apply to solve the challenge problem. Students are presented with a biomedical engineering challenge: Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among women and the American Cancer Society says mammography is the best early-detection tool available. Despite this, many women choose not to have them; of all American women at or over age 40, only 54.9% have had a mammogram within the past year. One reason women skip annual mammograms is pain, with 90% reporting discomfort. Is there a way to detect the presence of tumors that is not as painful as mammography but more reliable and quantifiable than breast self-exams or clinical breast exams? This three lesson/three activity unit is designed for first-year accelerated or AP physics classes. It provides hands-on activities to teach the concepts of stress, strain and Hooke's law, which students apply to solve the challenge problem. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Vanderbilt University |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Physics Medical Spring Constant Breast Cancer Young's Modulus of Elasticity Hooke's Law Biomedical Ultrasound Cancer Force Diagnostic Medical Imaging |
| Content Type | Text |
| Education Level | Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Resource Type | Syllabus |
| Subject | Physics |
