Exercise and Heart Rate Correlation Lab Report

Hypotheses

The first hypothesis is that doing exercise accelerates a person’s heart rate. The

other four hypotheses are listed here:

● After 15 seconds of jumping jacks, it will take 30 seconds for the heart rate

to return to normal.

● After 30 seconds of jumping jacks, it will take 60 seconds for the heart rate

to return to normal.

● After 45 seconds of jumping jacks, it will take 90 seconds for the heart rate

to return to normal.

● After 60 seconds of jumping jacks, it will take 120 seconds for the heart rate

to return to normal.

Testing Methods

1. Measure the resting heart rate of the first member of the group by counting

the number of beats in 10 seconds and multiplying that by 6.

2. Assign that member of the group a certain amount of exercise (i.e., 15

seconds of jumping jacks).

3. After the member does the assigned exercise, they will measure their heart

rate using the method stated in step one and write that down.

4. After 20 seconds, they will measure their heart rate again and see if it has

gone back down to the resting temperature.

to the resting heart rate, and they will mark that down.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for the member doing 30 seconds of jumping jacks, the

member doing 45 seconds of jumping jacks, and the member doing 60

seconds of jumping jacks.

Conclusion

This investigation has two main purposes. The first purpose is to find the

correlation between the amount of exercise a person does and the person’s heart rate

after their exercise. The second purpose is to find the correlation between the amount of

exercise a person does and the time it takes for that person’s heart rate to return to

normal (resting heart rate).

This investigation showed that doing exercise does in fact accelerate a person’s

heart rate, which proves the first hypothesis stated above. However, the data didn’t

support the other four hypotheses stated above. As people can see from the graph, every

single person who did jumping jacks had an increase in heart rate after exercising,

supporting the first hypothesis that exercise increases heart rate. The graph also shows

that after 15 seconds of exercise, it took on average 20 or so seconds for the person’s

heart rate to return to normal, disproving the hypothesis that after 30 seconds of exercise,

it will take 60 seconds for the heart rate to return to normal.

For the person who did 30 seconds of exercise, it took on average around 40

seconds for their heart rate to return to normal, disproving the third hypothesis. For the

person who did 45 seconds of jumping jacks, it also took around 40 seconds for their heart
rate to return to normal, disproving the fourth hypothesis. For the person who did 60

seconds of jumping jacks, it took around 50 seconds for their heart rate to return to

normal, disproving the final hypothesis.

As a result of this investigation, while doing exercise heart contracts faster

increasing circulation which gets oxygenated blood to your muscles quicker. When you

exercise your heart rate increases pumping blood through your body faster this response

is due to homeostasis. Additionally the variable throwing your body out of balance

triggering the homeostasis is the exercise that is making your heart rate increase. Lastly,

when your body is exercising your body triggers its primary cooling system, sweat. When

sweating, your body is cooling its internal temperature by pushing liquid to the sweat

glands and cooling your internal body temperature. While doing this you are triggering

homeostasis as well.

Results
Sources:

Homeostasis and Negative/Positive Feedback (Amoeba Sisters)

How does exercise Affect your Heart rate

UC Davis Sports Medicine Article

Title x 1/1
● Meaningful and descriptive title

Hypothesis x 1/1
● Specific hypothesis

Method x 22
● Briefly discuss what tests and procedures were
used to measure data in an organized, clear, and
concise manner

Results x 0.5/2
● Summary of data includes a table, graph, and a
description of patterns/trends
● Accurate and specific

Discussion/Conclusion x 2.5/4
● Identifies the purpose of the investigation
● Claim answers both experimental questions and
identifies if the hypothesis was supported or not
supported
● Evidence supports claim and is specific
● Reasoning is thoughtful and logical based on your
observations from the lab and information from
class.

__7_/10 divided by 2.5 → _2.8__/4

Discuss more about the heart rate, oxygen, lab connection. Remember not to use
prove/disprove. You made great improvements on the methods section and
discussion/conclusion section.