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Do and Learn

Let’s Count the Pulse Rate

To count your pulse rate

• Place the index and the middle fi nger of your left hand on the inner side of your right wrist,
just below the base of the thumb.
• What do you feel?

You will feel some pulsating or throbbing movements or the pulse.

• Count the pulse for one minute. This gives the pulse rate per
minute.

• Similarly, fi nd out the pulse rate of four of your classmates.
Write them in your notebook and calculate the average pulse
rate.

Project Time

Prepare a project report on
‘Circulatory System’ . Include
diagrams and fl owcharts
to explain the structures
of organs and process of

Observation Corner circulation.

Observe the fi gure and answer the questions.

1. Name the part of the Group Activity
circulatory system shown Make a model of blood circulation
in the fi gure. in groups of four students. You may

2. Label the fi gure. use clay, thermocol sheet and other

3. Write the role played by materials to make the model.
the diff erent parts of the
fi gure.

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