Getting Tweens Active- The relationship between Heart rate and Weight.

Julia Lee Exs 111- Wed @ 7pm- 603

Hypothesis
Abstract Conclusion
When exercising, heart rate increases due to
In this project, the hypothesis initially proposed asked if the pumping of oxygen rich blood throughout
height, weight, and age had any effects on the heart rate of Overall, this experiment
the body. This occurs because when the
humans. The subjects were tested while playing multiple helped form the idea of
muscles are working to do certain activities, the
active video games to see if any enjoyment of the game had creating an outreach
muscles go through a process known as aerobic
an effect on the heart rate of each individual. After the data program to help tweens
respiration. This process gives oxygen to the
was gathered and presented, further questions and research stay active and healthy
muscles in the body to sustain physical activity
were proposed. One of the main questions that came into while still having fun. As
and help create ATP for the muscles to use.
discussion was about child obesity. Later on in this seen in the results, as
presentation, the revised hypothesis proposed was the higher weight increases the
Therefore, if a subject has a higher weight, then
the weight of an individual, the higher their heart rate will heart rate increase as
there should be a higher chance for them to
be.. From the results collected, this hypothesis was proven well. This was proven by
have an increased heart rate. This is shown
to be correct. So, by having tweens in a higher weight seeing an increase in
when the muscles are put to work and start
bracket, they can start to begin a program. If a tween that is heart rate after an
using up all the stored ATP in the body. In
over weight, wants to have fun while still exercising, some activity was completed
addition, blood needs to pump faster through
new active games could help with the on going struggle to by an individual. The
the body to have its muscles receive the oxygen
defeat child obesity. Creating a outreach program to make a heart rate in most
it needs to perform its tasks when all of its
safe learning environment about health and exercise could increased to due the
stored ATP is used. With the blood pumping
teach tweens the importance of taking care of their own body. fact that oxygen needed
faster, the inhalation of air also increases,
to be transported to the
Results causing fifteen percent more oxygen to enter
muscles.
the lungs. This is what makes the body breathe
After viewing the results, Knowing this, further
heavier and faster.
to make the data more research can be
accurate, a limit should conducted to better
Overall, as weight increases so should the heart
be placed on the weight create active gaming
rate.
category to be between programs to help
100lbs and 290lbs, to integrate exercise in a
help show how a limited fun way into the lives of
range of heart rates is tweens
connected to weight. The
data collected showed
that most of the time
when there was a higher
weight, there was a
larger increase in heart
rate. In general, all of
the individuals resting
heart rates were in the Only two subjects data was
same range. After the excluded from this result
exercise was possibly caused by human error
implemented, there was or wrong math.
an increase in heart rate
for all subjects but