When you take a deep breath, the amount of air you are capable of holding within your lungs, is known as your lung capacity. It is not the same for everyone. This lab asks you to find out if it is possible to increase your lung capacity by exercising regularly, and if athletes have greater lung capacity than non-athletes.

Concepts

lung capacity, lungs

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Additional Tags

breath, science fair project, human biology & health, science buddies, science project

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)