BIOLOGY 1 – EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON HEART RATE LAB
NAME
HOUR
PROBLEM
What effect does exercise have on heart rate?
BACKGROUND
 The heart beats for the purpose of circulating blood
 Blood circulates oxygen and food that is needed for exercise
 Blood removes carbon dioxide from the muscles after exercise
HYPOTHESIS
EXPERIMENT
1. Measure your resting heart rate (record at time = 0 min)
2. Perform one minute of mild exercise
3. Measure your heart rate again immediately after exercise (record at time = 1.0 min)
4. Measure heart rate every half minute for 5 minutes total
PREDICTION
DATA TABLE
TIME
(min)
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Make and attach a graph of Heart Rate vs. Time
Heart Rate
(10 sec)
Heart Rate
(per minute)
No data
No data
ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION