3.15 And the Beat Goes On
“And The Beat Goes On!” is a one-on-one mentoring lesson from the Grow Your PALS Program Guide (Exercise unit) in which a mentor helps a PALS student build a model stethoscope from kitchen funnels and tubing, listen to their heartbeat, and calculate their heart rate. Students count heartbeats for 10 seconds and multiply by 6 to determine heart rate, connecting the skill to participating in a fitness program.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe the function of a basic stethoscope.
- Calculate heart rate.
- Time required
- 20 minutes
- Materials
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- Minute timer
- Two small plastic kitchen funnels
- 18-inch piece of 5/8" diameter tubing, large enough to fit snuggly over the funnel spout
- PALS3.15.ONE.AS.A
- Pencil or other writing instrument
- PALS3.15.ONE.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Unit
- Exercise
- Lesson Type
- One-on-One
- Precepts
- G Physical Growth — G3. Participate in a fitness program
- Key Terms
- Stethoscope; Heart rate
- Program
- The National FFA Mentoring Program / Grow Your PALS Program Guide
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.02.01.02.a.Describe the benefits, risks and opportunities associated with being physically fit.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills
- NM-NUM.PK-2.3Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
- NS.K-4.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives