Biology Flowchart

Step 1: Measuring Pulse and Breathing Rates

1. Pair up with your lab partner.
2. Drink an energy drink or coffee
3. Sit quietly for 10 minutes.
4. Measure your partner’s pulse rate.
a) Use two fingers (not your thumb) on their wrist. Count how
many pulses you feel in one minute.
b) Wait for one minute.
c) Count pulses again for one more minute.
5. Measure your resting breathing rate.
Note - This should be done while your partner is measuring your pulse
rate
a) Count your breaths for one minute.
b) Wait for one minute.
c) Count your breaths for another minute.

Step 2: Strenuous Activity

Do 10 minutes of running or other strenuous aerobic exercise.

Step 3: AfterExercise Measurements

Right after exercise, check your partner’s pulse rate and your breathing rate.
1. Continue measuring every two minutes until they return to pre-exercise
levels.

Step 4: Data
1. Write down all the measurements for the whole class.
Note : the time it took for rates to return to normal.