Heart Rate Activities Integrating Math and Science in an Inquiry Activity

The High School Curriculum Biology Principles –How exercise effects heart rate –Things to consider: resting heart rate, time of rest, time of exercise, time of cool down Math Principles –Graphing –Slopes, Rates, Line of Best Fit

The Inquiry Activity For this activity, the students will: –Become familiar with the LabPro technology –Use technology to measure heart rates at various levels of activity –Interpret graphs made by the Logger Pro software –Explain the effects of levels of activity on the circulatory system

The Inquiry Activity The students will take part in a completely open inquiry activity. They will be given both the necessary technology and equipment to answer the question: – How Does Exercise Effect heart Rate? From here, students will then create graphs and other visual representations to explain their hypotheses and whether they were correct or incorrect Students will also display wonderments or relevant questions derived from their investigations.

Graphs and Data Collected Running for 1 min. Graph with Line of best fit