Homeostasis and Exercise

Activity Sheet

Name: ______________________________________ Section: _______ Date:_____________

I. Fill up the table below with the values you’ve gathered with your partner.

A. Resting Values

Parameter Normal Value* Student Reading

Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Pulse pressure
Respiratory Rate
Body Temperature
Blood oxygen level**
*Normal values can be researched from the internet. Normal values should depend on your age range and lifestyle.
*Can be measured using Pulse oximeter, if you don’t have one of this at home then you may skip this value.

1. Describe what you are feeling during the measurement of the values.
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2. Let your partner observe your state during the measurement of the values. Write down her
observation.
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B. Exercise Values

1. Select a partner to do the experiment with.

2. Conduct the following during the Exercise phase of the activity. (Activities will be
dependent on your physical state. Do not over exceed what you think is at par with
your body’s current state).
 10 push-ups or 20 push-ups (or until you cannot do it anymore)
 20 jumping jacks or jumping jacks for 30 secs
 Planking for 20 secs or planking for 60 secs
3. While doing the exercise, please make sure that your partner is watching you doing the
activity.
 4. Input the Exercise values after conducting the exercise regimen above.
5. Always rehydrate every after exercise.
6. Only allocate a maximum of 1 min of interval from one exercise to the other.

Parameter Normal Value* Student Reading

Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Pulse pressure
Respiratory Rate
Body Temperature
Blood oxygen level**
*Normal values can be researched from the internet. Normal values should depend on your age range and lifestyle.
*Can be measured using Pulse oximeter, if you don’t have one of this at home then you may skip this value.

1. Describe what you are feeling during the measurement of the values.
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2. Let your partner observe your state during the measurement of the values. Write down her
observation.
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C. Recovery Period Values (10-15 mins after the Exercise)

Parameter Normal Value* Student Reading

Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Pulse pressure
Respiratory Rate
Body Temperature
Blood oxygen level**
*Normal values can be researched from the internet. Normal values should depend on your age range and lifestyle.
*Can be measured using Pulse oximeter, if you don’t have one of this at home then you may skip this value.

1. Describe what you are feeling during the measurement of the values.
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2. Let your partner observe your state during the measurement of the values. Write down her
observation.
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II. Guide Questions.

1. What is the importance of regularly taking the values of your different parameters?
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2. What is the importance of knowing the normal values of your different parameters?
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3. What did you feel while doing all the parts of the activity? What were notable in each stage
of the exercise?
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4. What do you think are the things that your body did to compensate to the exercise that you
had?
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5. What factors might have affected the result of your body’s homeostatic ability? List them
down and explain why they affected your results.
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