Miss Thornton's Science Investigation with Joe Wicks!

Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 10:18am

Good morning year 6! This morning I have been doing a science investigation. I have been looking at the effects of exercise on heart rate.

1. I checked my resting heart rate to begin with which was 75 bpm (Beats Per Minute).
2. Next I started the Joe Wicks PE lesson. By the way I got all of the questions right today!
3. After 15 minutes I checked my heart rate to see if it had risen and it was 107 bpm!
4. At the end of the session (30 mins in total) my heart rate had risen to 139 bpm. I think it was all the jumping involved getting my heart rate racing!
5. Then I wanted to see how long it took for my heart rate to return to normal-this is called resting rate.
6. After 5 minutes it had dropped to 109 bpm.
7. After 10 mins it had dropped to 86 bpm.
8. After 15 mins it had dropped to 77 bpm, which was approximately what my resting rate was originally.

This is a great investigation you could easily try at home year 6. You can watch this morning’s Joe Wicks PE lesson on YouTube and try it for yourself.

Below is an optional sheet you can complete to note down your findings or you can just tell me your results via our email or on twitter-I’d love to hear how high your heart rate went.

https://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ls/pdf/5rs_1_4-2.pdf