Get this heart rate lab at a discount in our Circulatory System Unit!
FUN! Students study themselves in this anatomy investigation and even determine their own variable.
NO PREP NEEDED!
In this activity, students will:
- Read a brief background about heart rate
- Get a quick tutorial about taking their own pulse
- Test their heart rate after brief exercise
- Test their heart rate while listening to music (yours or their own)
- Test their heart rate after a variable of their own choosing
- Complete a data table and claims-evidence reasoning for each section
- Answer follow-up analysis questions
If you want to make less copies, you can easily leave off the last 2 pages of the 4. Pages 1 and 2 are a complete investigation of heart rate on their own. Pages 3 and 4 take it further by having students investigate their own variable and complete the full analysis section.
NGSS Standards:
- MS-LS1-3
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practices: Planning and carrying out investigations; Analyzing and interpreting data; Engaging in argument from evidence
Teacher Notes:
- We offer a complete and comprehensive Human Body Systems Unit!
- The activity sheet is user-friendly and straightforward – both teachers and students will find it very easy to follow.
- Answer key included.
- This resource includes a Google Slides option to assign.
- Please note that this heart rate lab is not editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-LS1-3: Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
