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2017 Q2 I ʂ INQUIRY! Learn about your HEART and circulatory system! What You Need: ● Yourself ● A timer or stopwatch (probably found on an adult’s smartphone) ● Pencil and this paper Our heart is a muscle which functions as a very powerful pump to transport blood around the body in our circulatory system. Your heart, blood vessels and blood w ork together in a system with your lungs to bring nutrients and oxygen to cells in the body and take away waste products. Just before each beat the heart fills with blood, it then contracts which squeezes the blood along throughout your body. When we need more energy, for example to run, the heart beats faster to pump more oxygen around the body. When your heart beats it sends a wave of pressure through all of your veins in your body. You can feel this pressure in some areas of the body (such as when a vein passes over a piece of bone). We call this your p ulse. You can easily feel your pulse if you put your finger on the side of your neck next to your windpipe. Try it! *Look for the kid-created instructional video on our website and Facebook page* Inquiry Instructions: Try testing your pulse rate under a variety of different conditions to see how it is affected by exercise, rest, temperature or other circumstances. 1. Take your resting heart rate pulse. Find your pulse on the side of your neck next to your windpipe. Count how many beats you feel in 60 seconds (one minute). Have an adult time you. My resting pulse is _______________ beats per minute. (Turn this sheet over…) Name: ________________________________ Teacher: _____________ 2. Now try comparing your heart rate after some different conditions! Use the table below to record your heart rate. Have someone time you for each. Add your own activity for the last one. Activity Pulse beats More or less than per minute resting pulse? (Bonus- how many beats different?) Resting (recorded on front side) Same- 0 Jumping for one minute inside Resting outside on cold day Jumping outside on cold day Right after eating dinner Upon waking and still laying down in bed 3. What can you conclude about how different activities affect your pulse? 4. What can you conclude about how different temperature affects your pulse? 5. How could you change this experiment to learn more about if temperature affects pulse? BRING THIS COMPLETED INQUIRY SHEET BACK TO YOUR TEACHER BY FRIDAY 2/3/17
