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'On your marks … get set … breathe' consists of four experiments in which students find out their breathing rate, lung volume, peak flow, blood oxygen level and pulse rate and explore the effect different types of physical activity have on them.
Each box for ages 11-19 contains a teacher guide, student sheets and equipment including a blood pressure monitor, pulse oximeter, peak flow meters, respirometers and more.
'From strength to strength' - four experiments in which students measure the size of their muscles and relate this to strength, investigate their upper and lower body strength, and explore the effect of fatiguing one set of muscles on another.
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In 'I've got the power' students investigate aerobic and anaerobic respiration in four experiments. They calculate the power they generate, estimate their VO2 max, and measure the CO2 they breathe out, blood pressure and pulse rate before and after exercise.
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