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Homeostasis is a very important process in one's body. Thus, it is important to know how it works. This prompt was also a great chance to review the scientific method and proper experimentation.
Evidence of Work
Evidence of Work
In this assignment, we were asked to create an experiment to prove that homeostasis exists. My group, which included me, Daniel Gorel, and Josh Bumgarner. We decided to experiment on the process of homeostasis as it relates to breathing rate. In the graphic organizer, we give the problem, procedure, prediction, hypothesis, independent variables, dependent variables, constants, control group, and experimental group. After the experiment was done, we recorded the data, made observations, made a graph, and made an analysis of the data.
Scientific Article
Scientific Article
After completing our homeostasis experiment, we were asked to compile all of our experiment information, results, and analyses in a professional article. It includes an abstract, an introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and works sited.
Concepts
Concepts
Hypothesis
Hypothesis
A guess about the outcome of an experiment, and is based only on previous knowledge. Our hypothesis, which is in both the graphic organizer and the article, was that the human body regulates breathing rate after going through exertion to achieve and maintain homeostasis.
Abstract
Abstract
A summary of the contents of a piece of writing. Our abstract, which can be found in the scientific article, outlines the meaning of homeostasis and how we intend to prove its existence through our experiment.
Homeostasis
Homeostasis
The tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements. This tendency is what keeps human bodies functioning in changing environments. This concept applies to all body systems, and is the thing that we are trying to prove in this project.
Scientific Method
Scientific Method
An empirical method of acquiring knowledge which includes observation, skepticism, and interpretations of observations. The specific steps of this in our project include identifying a problem, taking observations and doing basic research, creating a hypothesis, conducting an experiment, collecting data, analyzing results, creating a conclusion, and reporting your findings. All of these concepts for our project can be found simply laid out in the graphic organizer, with the exception of reporting our findings, which is the purpose of the scientific article.
Breathing Rate
Breathing Rate
A measurement used for our experiment, being the amount of breaths taken by the subject in a time frame of one minute.
Reflection
Reflection
I improved my critical thinking in this project. After we initially finished our experimental design, we were told that we could make it better, so I helped redesign it to make it more realistic, simple, and oriented toward a single result. I also improved my character in the duration of this project. To observe the body's homeostasis as it pertains to breathing rate, we had to get someone to in crease their breathing rate. I volunteered to sprint as fast as I possibly could for one, then two minutes, just to record the patterns of my breathing until it got to a baseline level.
I could have improved my communication. In the early stages of the project, when we were filling out our graphic organizer, I noticed that I seemed to be filling out a different version of the document than my teammates. However, I, unwisely, did not immediately ask where this new version was, but spent a significant amount of time finding it myself. I now know that I should have communicated with my team to be more efficient in our project. I also could have improved my cultural competence in this project. We had the chance to create an experiment that could have helped people that don't know how their bodies work, but we chose to wonder if breathing rate regulates itself after exertion, and the answer to that is likely common sense to nearly all people.
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