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This experiment measured how heart rate changes with different types of physical activity. Students measured their resting heart rate and then their heart rate at 1, 2, and 5 minutes into activities like jumping jacks, walking, climbing stairs, and dance. For all activities, heart rate increased compared to resting levels and continued to rise the longer the activity was performed. Some activities led to larger increases in heart rate than others. Graphing the results revealed patterns in how heart rate responds to exercise over time.

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This experiment measured how heart rate changes with different types of physical activity. Students measured their resting heart rate and then their heart rate at 1, 2, and 5 minutes into activities like jumping jacks, walking, climbing stairs, and dance. For all activities, heart rate increased compared to resting levels and continued to rise the longer the activity was performed. Some activities led to larger increases in heart rate than others. Graphing the results revealed patterns in how heart rate responds to exercise over time.

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Experimental Procedure

Measuring Your Heart Rate

1. Use the first two fingers of one hand to feel your radial pulse on the
opposite wrist, as shown in Figure 2. You will find it on the "thumb side" of
your wrist, just below the base of your hand. Practice finding your pulse
until you can do it quickly. Note: Do not use your thumb, because it has its
own pulse, which could throw off your count.

Figure 2. The photo shows how to feel your radial pulse.

2. Your heart rate is the number of beats per minute, but you do not have to
count for a full minute to get an accurate heart rate. Counting the number
of beats in either 10 or 15 seconds is fine. As practice, right now use a clock
or timer to time your count, and write down the number of beats you
counted in your lab notebook. Then calculate the number of beats per
minute (bpm) to get your heart rate. If you counted for ten seconds what
do you need to multiply by to get the number of beats per minute? How
about if you counted for 15 seconds? That is it!
Activity and Heart Rate

1. Do your background research and make sure that you are knowledgeable
about the terms, concepts, and questions in the Background section.

2. Measure your resting heart rate and record it in your lab notebook, along
with the date and time of the measurement. Your resting heart rate is your
heart rate when you are awake but relaxed, such as when you have been
sitting still for several minutes.

a. Tip: It is best to take your resting heart rate at the beginning of the
day, right after you have woken up but before you have gotten out of
bed.

b. It is a good idea to do this several times, and at different times of


day, so that you can get a reliable average. You will also get an idea
of the normal range of variation for your resting heart rate.

c. If you want, you can calculate how many times your heart beats
during a day, a month, and a year, based on your resting heart rate.

3. You will be measuring your heart rate during different types of physical
activity. Choose at least three different types of activities that you enjoy
doing or that you think would be good exercises. You may want to choose
at least one activity that you consider to be easy, and one that you think
requires more energy to do. You can see some examples in Table 1.

a. How do you think doing each activity will affect your heart rate? Do
you think the activities will affect your heart rate differently?

Table 1. In your lab notebook, make a data table like this one to record your data.
List the activities that you actually choose to do. When you do each activity,
record the number of beats you count in 10 seconds (s). Later you will calculate
the beats per minute (bpm) from this.

4. Choose which activity you want to do first. Before starting it, make sure you
have been resting for a few minutes and measure your resting heart rate.
Your measured resting heart rate should be similar to what you measured
in step 2.

5. Perform the activity for 15 minutes. In your data table, write down the
number of beats you count in 10 seconds at the times indicated in Table 1
(after 1, 2, 5, 10, and 15 minutes of activity).

a. Once you are done with the activity, also record in your lab notebook
how you felt when you finished.

6. Calculate your heart rate after 1, 2, 5, 10, and 15 minutes of activity by


multiplying the number of beats you counted (in 10 seconds) by six. This is
your heart rate in beats per minute (bpm).

7. Repeat steps 46 for at least two more different activities.

a. Leave enough time between activities so that your heart rate returns
to around its normal resting level.

b. It may take more than one day to make measurements for all of the
activities you want to try, so be sure to plan ahead so that you have
enough time to collect data.

8. Make line graphs of heart rate (on the y-axis, in bpm) vs. time (on the x-
axis, in minutes) for each activity. Use graph paper, a spreadsheet program
(like Excel), or Create a Graph. Compare the graphs.

Questions

1. Which activity increased your heart rate the most (highest peak)?

2. Which activity increased your heart rate the fastest (greatest slope)?

3. Which activities elevated your heart rate to the target heart rate zone (50-
85% of maximum heart rate, where your maximum heart rate is 220 bpm
minus your age)?

4. Do you notice any consistent patterns in your heart rate graphs?


QUESTION

How does heart


rate change with
exercise?
HYPOTHESIS

With exercise, our heart rates


will beat more per minute.
And the longer we exercise,
our heart rates will increase
toward our maximum heart
rates.
MATERIALS
Clock or timer that
shows seconds
Pencil
Comfortable exercise
clothes
Exercise data collection
worksheet
STEM project folder
Running shoes
Calculator
Exercise equipment
Water
Graph paper
REASON
Your heart starts beating before you are born
and keeps right on going through your whole
life. Over an average lifetime, the human heart
beats more than 2.5 billion times. Keeping your
heart healthy means eating right, not smoking,
and getting regular exercise. Which of your
favorite physical activities give your heart the
best workout and help keep it fit? We found out
with this STEM project!

Objective
To measure your average heart rate during
different types of physical activities.
TIME
2 5 DAYS

Each exercise was completed in 1,


2, and 5 minute intervals.
BPM averages after 1 minute of continuous
exercise.

180

160

140

120

100 Resting heart Rate (boys)


Resting heart Rate (Girls)
80
Exercise bpm (Boys)
60 Exercise bpm (Girls)

40

20

0
Jumping Jacks Walking Climbing Stairs Aerobic
Dance/movement
BPM averages after 2 minutes of continuous
exercise

250

200

150
Resting heart rate (Boys)
Resting heart rate (girls)
100 Exercise BPM (boys)
Exercise BPM (girls)

50

0
Jumping Jacks Walking Climbing Stairs Aerobic
Dance/Movement
BPM averages after 5 minutes of continuous
exercise

250

200

150
Resting heart rate (Boys)
Resting heart rate (girls)
100 Exercise BPM (boys)
Exercise BPM (girls)

50

0
Jumping Jacks Walking Climbing Stairs Aerobic
Dance/Movement

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