MiniLab: Hold Your Breath
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CW: Complete MiniLab write-up.
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DN: Open notebook to pages 4 and 5. Have Chromebook out.
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EQ: How do you write a lab report?
RESOURCES
Hold Your Breath MiniLab Template
LESSON OUTLINE
5min< Students complete the Do Now.
5min Teacher outlines the procedure for the MiniLab.
10min Randomly selected volunteers record how long they can hold their breath after 0, 15, 30, and 60 seconds of cardiovascular exercise (hopping on one foot).
5min Using Google spreadsheets or a calculator, students calculate the averages.
10min Students determine the independent variable, dependent variable, constants, hypothesis, and title.
10min Students plot their data; add an appropriate trendline; complete an analysis; and make a prediction for 45 seconds of exercise.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.