Heart Rate Monitor Video

Today's video was about a class that used heart rate monitors to create graphs. The class first exercised for a few minutes (all at the same rate of activity) and then measured their heart rate. To create a comparison, the students allowed the heart rates to return to a resting rate and then measured their heart rate. The students also compiled their data together to create a comparison of girls' vs. boys' heart rates.

I think this lesson was good because the students had a personal connection to the data they were using for their graphs. This is much more useful that having them compare the heart rates of fictional characters from a text book. I also liked that this lesson connected at least two different types of learn intelligences - first, it used kinesthetic learning and then it used mathematical spatial learning.