Suggestions for Internal Assessment Project on Young's Modulus

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The forum discussion centers on conducting an Internal Assessment (IA) project for the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, specifically focusing on Young's modulus of elastic materials. The user proposes using stretchy candy snakes as a subject for experimentation to determine their linear elasticity. The consensus suggests that performing an experiment to measure the Young's modulus of these materials is a feasible and engaging approach for the IA.

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  • Understanding of Young's modulus and its significance in material science.
  • Basic knowledge of experimental design and data collection methods.
  • Familiarity with elastic materials and their properties.
  • Ability to analyze and interpret experimental results.
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  • Research methods for measuring Young's modulus in elastic materials.
  • Explore the properties of various elastic materials, including candy snakes.
  • Learn about experimental setups for testing linear elasticity.
  • Investigate data analysis techniques for interpreting results from elasticity experiments.
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IB students, physics educators, and anyone interested in material science and experimental physics, particularly those focusing on elasticity and Young's modulus.

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Hi. I am in the IB and am looking at doing a physics IA (internal assessment) on Young's modulus on an elastic material. I was thinking of doing it on the the stretchy snakes like the candy. What would I need to cover in this?
 
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Is a stretchy snake linearly elastic?
 
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Maybe it's a great idea to figure this out by doing an experiment? That shouldn't be too difficult.
 

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