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Lesson Plan: Pulse of Life ActivityLesson Plan: Pulse of Life Activity
Publisher
Science Museum of Minnesota
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Grade
3rd - 7th
Subjects
Physical Education
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Lexile Measures
880L
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Lesson Plan: Pulse of Life

Curated by ACT

Students measure their pulse rate and explore how heart rate is affected by various activities.

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Concepts

heart rate, pulse rate

Additional Tags

average heart rate, healthy heart, heart, heart recovery time, heartbeat, heartbeats per minute, range of heart rates

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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