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Coffee Shop: Caffeine Experiment

Dottie loves coffee and decided to study the affect of coffee with and without caffeine on heart rate for her science project.

This science project was done by Dottie, who is a student at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI).

Question:

Which one affects your heart rate the most: decaf or caffeinated coffee?

Hypothesis

After doing research with a volunteer on how caffeine affect the heart,  Dottie’s hypothesis was: The caffeinated coffee will increase heart rate more than decaf coffee. 

Materials

Preparation

Procedure

  1. Volunteer will sit on chair
  2. After 5 minutes, take resting heart rate using the talking heart rate monitor and record heart rate in the table
  3. Volunteer will be given a cup prefilled with 6 oz. of decaf coffee
  4. Wait 15 minutes.
  5. Take heart rate again and record the data in the data table.
  6. Give volunteer a cup of caffeinated coffee.
  7. Wait 15 minutes.
  8. Take heart rate and record the data in the data table
  9. Compare heart rate before and after decaf and caffeinated coffee and analyze the data
  10. Draw a conclusion. 

Data 

Average change of heart rate:

Conclusion:

The hypothesis was correct, the caffeinated coffee raised heart rate more

Dottie and the volunteer who worked with her discussed the possibility of comparing the effect of caffeinated and decaf coffee on females versus males.

NGSS Standards:

By Laura Hospitál

Collage of studying the effects of caffeine on heart rate

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