Investigation Scaffold - Student Research Projecthnm

Use the following scaffold to construct your Scientific Report. The subtitles of each section have been provided
for you.

Under each subtitle are statements that outline what should be included in that part of the report. Complete
each part of your report in the appropriate boxes. Keep your responses in the blue colour font.

When you have finished your report, upload it to the Google Classroom.

Aim:
- A statement that outlines what will be investigated in the investigation.
- Starts with the word ‘To’ and includes the independent and dependent variable

To investigate how the resting heart rate of an individual affects the number of star jumps that person can
achieve in one minute.

Background Research:
- Investigate secondary sources (websites, textbooks, articles) to try and answer your question before
you do the experiment.
- The background research should assist you to develop your prediction.
- Record your three facts you find from your secondary research that would help you answer your
question.
- Make sure you keep a record of your research - you will need it later for your bibliography.

Fact 1 - A resting heart rate under 60 is a stong sign that you are more physically able and can also be
associated with a sophisticated heart function. A resting heart rate over 100 can indicate you are stressed,
have an illness or have consumed excessive caffeine.

Fact 2 - Your resting heart rate decreases as a result of aerobic exercise, which is the intensity at which your
body is using its aerobic metabolism system. As well as this constant and regular physical exercise can also
decrease your resting heart rate.

Fact 3 - A lower resting heart rate is a strong indicator of a stronger heart which can deliver a larger amount
of blood with each beat, this means the heart doesn’t have to beat as often. The physical fitness of an
individual is directly tied to the strength of the heart as when your heart is in good condition and doesn’t work
as hard to pump blood throughout the body and deliver oxygen to the blood, your fitness gradualy improves.
Prediction:
- A statement that outlines the expected result of your experiment.
- Includes the independent variable (what you will change) and dependent variable (what you will
measure or observe).
- Presented in the context of the experiment

If the participant has a lower resting heart rate then they will achieve more star jumps in a minute than a
person with a higher resting heart rate.

Equipment List:
- Paste your chosen equipment list from the 2023 Investigation Questions document in the space below.

Equipment List
- Stopwatch

Risk Assessment:
- Identification of the harm that may occur to individuals when conducting the experiment.
- Consider the equipment that will be used, how it will be used and the environment it will be conducted.

Hazard - What could cause harm to a Risk - What injuries could occur to the Precaution - What could be done to
person? person? prevent the risk occurring?

Item on the floor around the Falling over the item with cuts and Move all the items around the
experiment. bruises to the skin. experiment before you conduct it.
Method:
- Paste your chosen method from the Investigation Questions document in the space below.

1. Locate the radial pulse of Participant A

2. Count the number of pulses in 15 seconds
3. Multiply this figure by 4 and record it in a table as Participant A’s resting heart rate
4. Count the number of start jumps Participant A can make in 1 minute
5. Record this figure in a table
6. Repeat steps 1 - 5 replacing Participant A with a second participant, Participant B
7. Repeat steps 1 - 5 replacing Participant A with a third participant, Participant C
8. Repeat steps 1 - 7 two more times for additional trials

Diagram of Apparatus:
- Paste the image of your apparatus (equipment setup) from the method in the space below.
Results:
- A record of data collected throughout your experiment.
- Place the independent variable in the far left column.
- Edit the table to include a title, column headings and units.
- Record numbers only in the body of the table.
- Calculate the average of your trials and record this in the last column.

Graph:

Discussion:
- A review and analysis of the results presented in a series of paragraphs.
- Use the following questions to help you write your paragraphs.
 1. Outline the trend found in the results data.

If the heart rate is 60 or lower the worst results were observed, however, if the heart rate reaches 70-75 BPM
then the best results are observed. If the heart rate exceeds 85 BPM then the results start to decline slightly.

2. Outline a controlled variable (thing that could change during each trial that was kept the same in order
to keep the experiment fair).

The controlled variable was the time it took to conduct the experiment.

3. Explain if the controlled variable was successfully controlled. Justify (give reasons for) your decision.

The controlled variable was successfully controlled as a stopwatch was used to precisely record the
experiment for one minute.

4. Propose how your method could be modified to improve the experiment.

Explain how the modification would improve the experiment..

Instead of only using three participants, (Participant A, Participant B and Participant C) increase the number
to five extra participants conducting the experiment. By applying the modification to the experiment it
achieves more conclusive and accurate evidence in regards to the prediction.

Conclusion:
- Restate the aim.
- Outline the findings of the experiment.
- Support the findings with evidence from the results.
 - Determine if your experiment agrees with or disagrees with your prediction

The aim of this experiment is to investigate how an individual’s heart rate affects the number of star jumps
that a person can achieve in one minute. It was found that an individual's heart rate doesn’t affect the
number of star jumps they can achieve in one minute. The evidence for this was that Participant A who had
the lowest heart rate also achieved the least amount of star jumps, Participant B who had the second highest
heart rate achieved the most star jumps in one minute and Participant C who had the highest heart rate
achieved the second highest amount of star jumps in one minute. Using this evidence it can be determined
that the experiment’s results disagree with the prediction as the heart rate of a certain individual doesn’t
effect the number of star jumps they can achieve in one minute.

Reference List:
- A record of the secondary sources used for the background research.
- Use the reference style guide (Harvard) to correctly format each source used.

Source 1 - Bumgardner, W. (2022) What does resting heart rate have to do with how fit you are?, Verywell
Fit. Available at:
https://www.verywellfit.com/resting-heart-rate-3432632#:~:text=Your%20resting%20heart%20rate%20is,stron
ger%20through%20aerobic%20exercise%20training. (Accessed: 25 August 2023).

Source 2 -Ford Health Staff, H. (2019) What your resting heart rate says about you, Henry Ford Health -
Detroit, MI. Available at:
https://www.henryford.com/blog/2019/09/resting-heart-rate-says-about-you#:~:text=An%20RHR%20under%2
060%20can,caffeine%20consumption%20or%20an%20illness. (Accessed: 27 August 2023).

Source 3 - Whoop, W. (2020) Resting heart rate: What’s normal, how to improve it, WHOOP. Available at:
https://www.whoop.com/au/en/thelocker/normal-resting-heart-rate-improve-fitness/ (Accessed: 27 August
2023).