Science 030

Mr. Friedrich
An Nguyen

Lung Experiment
Objective
Find the difference between the resting breathing rate and active breathing
rate. Observe what your lungs do. Measure the capacity of your lung.
Hypothesis
The difference between the resting and active breathing rate is around 5
breaths. My lung capacity is around 4000 cm3.
Materials

Me
My lungs
Data sheet
Stop watch

Method
1. Close your eyes and record your breathing rate while resting for 30
seconds.
2. Do the process again for three times and calculate the average resting
breathing rate.
3. Run in place or in the hallway for a minute and record your breathing
rate four times consecutively after that. Each time 30 seconds.
4. Calculate the average of the active breathing rate.
5. Calculate the difference between the resting breathing rate and the
active breathing rate.
6. Put your hand on your chest and breathe in and out while observing.
7. Put your hand on your chest again and this time dont allow your chest
to move. Observe any changes
8. Breathe into a balloon and measure its capacity (length*width*height)..
Results

My four resting breath rate are 11 11 11 11

Average = 11
My four active breath rate are: 20 11 11 11
Average = 13
The difference is 2 breaths
Your chest moves up and down while you are breathing because of your lung.
When you press down on your chest, your breathing becomes faster.
Lung capacity: 4096
Conclusion
My hypotheses are close to the results. Our lung moves up and down when
we breathe to contain the oxy when we breathe in. When respire to put the
oxygen into our blood which then transport it to other cells so that they can
function. When we do an activity, our cells need more oxygen to function,
thats why we breathe faster.
When you press down on your chest, it restrains your lung from moving,
which will make you breathe faster with shorter breaths to supply our blood
with enough oxygen.