Heart Rate
Supplies, instructions, resources, and worksheets are below!
Human Heart
Project Description
In this STEM project, you’ll learn about how the human heart works, its anatomy, and how to take your heart rate. You’ll take your heart rate at different times to see how your heart rate changes based on activity.
Activity Time
1 days
Supplies Recommended
Investigative Worksheet
Human Heart Quiz
Timer or clock with second hand
Learning Objectives
Understand how the works
Learn the parts of the human heart
Understand how to take a heart rate
Understand why the heart rate can change
Vocabulary Terms to Understand
Look up each word and write their definition on paper.
heart rate
pulse
circulation
artery
aorta
aortic valve
atrium
blood
blood vessels
cardiovascular system
valve
Instructional Videos:
Instructions
1. Print the Investigative Worksheet.
2. Watch the instructional video below.
3. Read How To Take Your Heart Rate
4. Draw a chart on the back of the Investigative Worksheet to record your heart rate at three different times.
5. Check your heart rate after you’ve been relaxing for a while and record it.
6. Run in place for five minutes, and then check your heart rate and record it.
7. Tidy up your room, then check your heart rate and record it.
8. Study the diagram at the top of this page to learn the parts of the human heart, and then take the