4.2.

1 Heart Rate
Biomedical Sciences Experimental Design
What Is The Problem You Are Trying To Figure
Out? Does Breathing Affect Your Heart Beat
Hypothesis: If I Breath Differently My Heart
Will Beat Faster
Materials Used: Stethoscope, Timer, Fingers,
Pulse Meter/ Computer
Procedures:

Take Resting BPM Manually

Record
Take Resting BPM With Machine
Record
Take Fast Breathing BPM
Record
Rest For 5 Minutes
Sleeping BPM
Record
Rest For 5 Minutes
Deep Breathing BPM
Record
Rest For 5 Minutes

 Short Breathing BPM

Record
Repeat For Each Group Member

MIGUEL
(BPM)
BRYAN
(BPM)
KEVIN
BRANDON
(BPM)

NORMAL
BREATHING

FAST
BREATHING

SLEEPING

DEEP
BREATHING

64 BPM

86BPM

51BPM

81BPM

SHORT
BREATHI
NG
105BPM

71PBM

91BPM

53BPM

89BPM

108BPM

71BPM
61BPM

91BPM
92BPM

53BPM
49BPM

89BPM
86BPM

108BPM
105BPM

Observations: We Observed That The BPM

Were The Same With All The Tests, So We
Decided To Take A 3 Minute Break In-between
Each One.
Does Breathing Effect Your Heart Beat
120
100
80
60
40
20
0

Miguel

Brandon

Bryan

Normal

Fast

Deep Breathing

Short Breathing

Chart Interpretation:

Kevin
Slow

The Charts Were Similar In Everyone. This

Tells That Having Short Breaths Increases The
BPM.
The Hypothesis Was Correct Because Taking
Short Breaths (Running) Increases Your BPM
Than When You Are Breathing Normal
(Resting).
Conclusion:
We Learned That Breathing Does Effect The
BPM. A Change That We Wouldve Wanted To
Change Was The Amount Of Time We Took
In-between Tests. We Could Expand This
Experiment By Having Controlled Variables.
Such As Having People In The Same Gender
With The Same Lifestyle.