Karen Junker, Smitha Joseph, Adriane Slaton, Molly Basso, Jill

Keresztes, and Chad Hay

Integration of Biology of Mathematics

BIOLOGY

Functions of the heart

Investigations of heart rate before and after

activity

MATHEMATICS

Ratios

Graph Analysis

LESSON ACTIVITY

Grade Level - High School BiologyMath Background - Algebra I

Lesson:Students are in small groups and using the heart rate monitor and labpro; they will take their heart rates

before and after engaging in light activity. (i.e. jumping jacks, one-arm push-ups, or unicycle riding) After

engaging in the activity, students should take special notice of how long it takes for their heart rate to

recover.

STUDENT ASSIGNMENT

Every student will collect data and construct a graph that illustrates their heart rate before, after, and recovering from

activity. After analyzing each others graphs, students should be able to deduce what characteristics of the graph correlate to

principles of heart rate. Students will also work with ratios to extrapolate what their heart rate graph would look like if they had engaged in longer activity. Higher order learning will be stressed

when students are asked on assessment whether data makes sense. (i.e. is this graph possible? Is this heart rate realistic?)

GROUP CONCLUSIONS

TECHNOLOGY…

BLOWS