Stellar Science Lessons

Simple class activity to encourage students to evaluate the efficacy of aerobic exercises. Students should be comfortable with data collection, graphing, and writing a summary with a conclusion. Includes task and assessment list. To student: Your job is to collect some data on how aerobic exercises influence your body's cardiovascular system. You will measure the influences that during one minute of two different aerobic exercises, have on the rate of your heartbeat, and use a bar graph to disp

A good introduction lab to the methodology of forensics. Students should have an understanding of data collection, chart and graph construction, and writing conclusions. No materials beyond metric meter sticks are required.