Number of heartbeats in 20 seconds:23 Number of heartbeats in one minute:69 Number of heartbeats in one hour:4,140 Number of heartbeats in one day:99,360 Number of heartbeats in one week:695,520 Number of heartbeats in one month:5,601,600 Number of heartbeats in one year:36,266,400 | |
Reflection Questions: 1. How many heart beats did you think you would have in one year before extrapolating? Were you close or far off? 2.Explain what "extrapolating" means to younger children. 3.What are some other things you can extrapolate? Give some examples. | Answers: 1.About 20,000,000 heart beats. I was sort of close, I was 16,000 off. 2.Extrapolating means to multiply a number to find an answer without having to wait over time. 3. You can extrapolate your steps while running a mile. You could multiply it by two to find out your steps in two miles. You can also to it to your heart rate and your breathing rate. |