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Biology Assessment Task: To investigate the effect of some factor affecting pulse rate Criteria to be assessed: Criteria D, E and F
Introduction You have learned about Why do you need to have a heart? Why do you need to have blood circulate to all the parts of your body? How does your heart pump blood? What is a heart beat? Think - Does your heart always beat at the same rate? List some activities that you think may increase a person's heart rate. Do these activities increase or decrease your heart beat? Why would it be useful for the heart to beat faster during some of these activities? Measuring Heart Rate Accurately Today, after you learn how to measure heart rate accurately, you shall design an experiment to test how an activity affects heart rate. Each time the heart beats, blood is pumped into the arteries. As the blood surges into the arteries during a heart beat, each artery stretches and bulges. This brief bulge of the artery is called a pulse. You can measure heart rate by counting the number of pulses in the artery in the wrist in a minute. To feel the pulse, find the artery in your partner's wrist. Place the tips of the first two fingers of one hand on the palm side of your partner's wrist, over toward the thumb side of his or her wrist. You may need to press quite firmly in order to feel the pulse of blood which each heart beat sends through the artery. Don't use your thumb to feel the pulse in the wrist, because your thumb has a pulse of its own.

Plan your experimental procedure.

Try to keep everything constant, except for the one activity you want to test. This will allow you to measure the effect of the stimulus or activity you are testing, and minimize confounding effects due to any other factors that may influence heart rate. In designing your experiment, remember that heart rate can be affected by various factors, so you need to keep the other factors constant in order to assess the effect of your experimental activity. Plan to have each person in the group be a subject in the experiment, in order to see whether different people have the same heart rate response to the activity chosen After you had carried out your experiment, analyze your data, and make a write up describing your experiment.

Criteria descriptors

Criterion D: Scientific inquiry Achievement level 0

Maximum 6

Descriptor The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. The student attempts to define the purpose of the investigation and makes references to variables but these are incomplete or not fully developed. The method suggested is partially complete. The evaluation of the method is either absent or incomplete. The student defines the purpose of the investigation and provides an explanation/prediction but this is not fully developed. The student acknowledges some of the variables involved and describes how to manipulate them. The method suggested is complete and includes appropriate materials/equipment. The evaluation of the method is partially developed. The student defines the purpose of the investigation, formulates a testable hypothesis and explains the hypothesis using scientific reasoning. The student identifies the relevant variables and explains how to manipulate them. The student evaluates the method commenting on its reliability and/or validity. The student suggests improvements to the method and makes suggestions for further inquiry when relevant. Maximum 6

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Criterion E: Processing data Achievement level 0 12

Descriptor The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. The student organizes and presents data using simple numerical or diagrammatic forms and draws an obvious conclusion. The student organizes and transforms data into numerical and diagrammatic forms and presents it using appropriate communication modes. The student draws a conclusion consistent with the data. The student organizes and transforms data into numerical and diagrammatic forms and presents it logically and clearly, using appropriate communication modes. The student explains trends, patterns or relationships in the data, comments on the reliability of the data, draws a clear conclusion based on the correct interpretation of the data, and explains it using scientific reasoning.

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Criterion F: Attitudes in science Achievement level 0 12

Maximum 6

Descriptor The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors given below. The student requires guidance and supervision when using laboratory equipment. The student can work safely and cooperate with others but may need reminders. The student uses most equipment competently but might require occasional guidance; on most occasions pays attention to safety and works responsibly with the living and non-living environment. The student generally cooperates well with other students. The student works largely independently; uses equipment with precision and skill; pays close attention to safety and deals responsibly with the living and non-living environment. The student consistently works effectively as part of a team , collaborating with others and respecting their views.

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Factors affecting heart rate:

Body Build and Size. A short, fat person may have a higher rate than a tall, slender person. The larger the size, the slower the rate. For example, a grizzly bear has a heart rate of about 30 beats a minute while a hummingbirds is about 200 beats per minute. Gender: a woman's heart rate is generally faster than a man's. Age: generally the younger a person is, the faster the heart rate. An infant's heart rate is about 120 beats per minute; a child's is around 100; an adult's is between 70 and 80; an elderly person generally hovers in the 60s. Exercise and Muscular Activity. An increase in pulse rate will occur with increased activity to meet increased oxygen and nutrient demands. A regular aerobic exercise program can lower the resting pulse. A person, who exercises a great deal, such as an athlete, will develop bradycardia that is a normal, health condition. The body slows the heartbeat to compensate for the greater volume of blood pumped with each beat. Emotional Status. Fear, anger, and anxiety will all increase the pulse rate. Hormones: influence heart rate, especially epinephrine, norepinephrine, and thyroid hormones, all of which can increase the rate. Pathology: certain diseases affect heart rate, causing it either to slow or to race. Medications and drugs: Stimulants will increase the pulse rate; depressants will decrease the pulse rate. For example, Digitalis slows the rate, while epinephrine (Adrenalin) increases it. Caffeine can also cause palpitations or extra beats. Blood Pressure. As the blood pressure decreases, the pulse will frequently increase. Elevated Body Temperature. The pulse increases approximately 10 beats per minute for every 1 F (0.56 C) increase in body temperature. These conditions cause a temporary increase in the heartbeat and pulse. Pain. When the patient is in pain, the pulse rate will increase.

CHOITHRAM INTERNATIONAL because every child deserve the best. Subject: Biology MYP Year level : 4 Duration: 2 weeks

Instructions to candidates:

Attached

MYP Criteria to be assessed Criterion D: Scientific enquiry Criterion E : Processing data Criterion F: Attitudes in science

Highest Level 6 6 6

Level Achieved

Teachers Signature: _______________

Aim: is to investigate the effect of some factor affecting pulse rate. Method:
we did jumping to calculate change in our heart beat. We took 5 different times and we took 3 reading of each timing. And after every 3 time we use to increases time of jumping and while jumping we use to calculate our heart beat like every time in 1 minutes what is change in our heart beat plus how many heart beat we our getting.

Materials:
Stop watch Paper pen

 Why do you need to have a heart?

We have a heart because without it we would not be alive. Sure. But still, isn't it intriguing that if you are shot in the heart and therefore the heart function immediately stops that your brain and other vital organs still continue to function, to live, for a few more seconds? This would indicate that the heart is not the sole engine of our lives. There is something else that engages the heart and all other cells and organs and empowers them with life. This "something else" refers to the Life-force, the energy that is life itself and that mobilizes our poor lifeless bodies into functioning. And the heart plays a vital role in that. All physical life begins, if that is the right word, with energy. There is nothing natural in the physical world that has not got an energy field. Everything springs forth from energy. As the bible says: "In the beginning there was the Word". The word is here a representation of a thought, as nothing had as yet been created that could speak in a physical way. A thought, or its physical manifestation, a word, is the beginning of all creation. It is also nothing more than an energetic vibration. The thought does not reside anywhere. Although it may stimulate certain brain areas, it does not live there. It is non-local. Everything that is created in our individual lives also begins with a thought. It is our energy field that directs and manifests our physical life. Everything that happens in our material lives is a direct representation of energetic vibrations.

Why do you need to have blood circulate to all the parts of your body?

Blood contains proteins, nutrients and oxygen and it needs to be circulated to all parts of the human body to allow every part of the body to be supplied with food and oxygen. If that wasn't happening, the tissue would die and this can cause infection and other problems .

How does your heart pump blood?

Heart: how your heart pumps blood around your body

What does your heart do? The purpose of your heart is to pump fresh blood to the organs and tissues of your body that need the oxygen and nutrients it carries. The oxygen-rich blood is pumped out of the left side of your heart (shown on the right in the diagram) into the arteries to these tissues and organs. Blood that has delivered its nutrients and oxygen and is in need of oxygen comes back to your heart in the veins and enters the right hand side of the heart (on left of diagram). This blood which is in need of oxygen (so-called deoxygenated blood) is sent to your lungs to pick up oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide.

Your heart pumps all day to circulate blood around the body. On average, a red blood cell in the circulation will pass through the heart every 45 seconds. If you start to exert yourself your heart will start to pump faster to supply your working muscles with the increased amount of oxygen and nutrients they need. The heart is a muscle too, and to enable it to pump effectively, it has its own blood supply bringing it oxygen. How does your heart work? Your heart is made up of 2 pumps. The pump on the right hand side receives blood that has already delivered its oxygen round the body and sends this blood to the lungs to pick up more oxygen (and get rid of carbon dioxide). The pump on the left hand side receives oxygen-rich blood and then pumps it out into the arteries to deliver its oxygen around the body. Blood in need of oxygen enters heart Blood in need of oxygen from around the body comes in the veins to the heart. This blood in need of oxygen (also called deoxygenated blood) is usually shown as blue or purple on diagrams. This deoxygenated blood enters the top right hand side chamber (shown on left in diagram) of the heart, which is called the right atrium, via two large veins. Blood from the upper body, e.g. the head and arms, comes in via the superior vena cava. Blood from the lower body, that is the trunk and legs, comes in via the inferior vena cava. Blood passes from right atrium to right ventricle When the right atrium fills, the blood then passes through a one-way door (valve) called the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. The valve stops blood from flowing backwards into the right atrium once its in the right ventricle. The right ventricle relaxes and venous blood in need of oxygen flows in. Right ventricle sends blood needing oxygen to the lungs The blood needing oxygen is pumped out of the right ventricle, through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery then divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries, carrying blood to the right and left lungs. In the lungs the blood gives up its carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. Oxygen-rich blood from lungs enters heart Fresh blood full of oxygen leaves the lungs and comes back to the heart in the pulmonary veins. This oxygen-rich blood enters the left atrium the top left chamber of the heart (on right of diagram). Blood passes from left atrium to left ventricle When the left atrium is full it pushes the blood through the mitral valve into the left ventricle.

Left ventricle sends oxygen-rich blood around body The left ventricle relaxes and fills up with blood before squeezing and pumping the oxygen-rich blood through the aortic valve into the aorta the main artery that carries blood to your body. The muscle wall of the left ventricle is very thick because it has to pump blood around the whole body.
What is a heart beat?

Heart rate is the number of heartbeats per unit of time, typically expressed as beats per minute (bpm). Heart rate can vary as the body's need to absorb oxygen and excrete carbon dioxide changes, such as during physical exercise, sleep or illness. Because an individual has a constant blood volume, one of the physiological ways to deliver more oxygen to an organ is augmenting heart rate to permit blood to pass more often by it.The normal heart rate ranges from 60-100 bum. Bradycardia is defined as a rate below 60 bpm. However, the heart rate between 50 to 60 bpm is very usual in health persons and doesn't deserve care or special examinations. Above 100/min at rest, is the so-called tachycardia, but persistent rest rates between 80-100 bpm, mainly if they are present during sleep, deserve to be checked for situations as hyperthyroidism or anemia (see below).

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