Students will gather information and interact via the Internet in collaboration with other students to search for relevant information about heart rate, culminating in a research project that will include oral presentations and written reports. Classroom Heart Rates . Students check and record heart-rates of other classmates. They will then compare and design questions to explain the differences in their findings. Local Heart Rates .
Students determine the type of data needed to test their inferences from lesson one.
As homework, they will check and record heart rates of fellow students, teachers and family members. They will interact with another class to construct a reasonable explanation for the evidence they have gathered. Students will use the internet and other resources to locate, read and summarize information relevant to the Heart. Based on their conclusions and research, the students will give an oral presentation that applies their findings to a lifestyle change. The Heart Unit was designed with the National Science Education Standards Project in mind.