Squeak
Exercise Challenge
Description
In the Exercise Challenge,
Norbert and Zot are on
their Galactic Fitness
9000 treadmills. Their
NASA doctor and trainer
has asked them to exercise
60 minutes a day and
maintain an average heart
rate of 100 beats per
minute. She has divided
their 60 minutes into
six 10 minute periods
with a constant heart
rate during each period.
Your first job is to
pick heart rate targets
for each segment to make
their average come out
to 100 beats per minute.
Then you become the trainer
and pick a good exercise
plan for them and estimate
their average heart rate
for your plan. Finally,
to you need to take data
on your own heart rate
and plot the data and
analyze it. Plot your
data using the Squeak HeartPlot project.
Then you will see how
heart rate changes as
you exercise.
Instructional
Objectives
The student will
- learn the meaning
of average with an
engaging and fun Squeak
activity.
- practice estimating
averages and check
their results.
- compare the average
to a bar graph of the
numbers they average.
- take data on their
heart rate as they
exercise and plot the
results with a unique
Squeak tool.
- work together cooperatively
and discuss their results
during the interactive
activity.
Go
to Squeak Exercise
Challenge Web Activity
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