1RM predictor calculator – Student Activity
This calculator allows you to estimate your one repetition maximum (1RM) for an exercise according to seven different prediction equations.
Teaching and Learning Approaches
Student activities are the main feature of this collection, along with a variety of resources for teachers to use in exploring the Sporting Edge.
List of Teaching and Learning Approaches resource items
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Biceps curl – Student Activity
In this activity, students model a biceps curl using a lever system, providing a direct link between the physics of levers and the place of muscle insertion on the bone.
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Finger marathon – Student Activity
In this activity, students investigate muscle fatigue using the action of opening and closing a clothes peg. They can predict the result and design experiments to identify recovery times.
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Heartbeat calculator – Student Activity
This calculator allows you to calculate the number of times your heart has beaten since you were born.
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Investigating whole body vibration training – Student Activity
In this activity, students investigate data from research on the effects of whole body vibration training.
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Lateral arm raise – Student Activity
In this activity, students predict their one repetition maximum (1RM) for a lateral arm raise.
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Measuring grip strength – Student Activity
In this activity, students examine and graph data for a sample of people tested for grip strength for different amounts of flexion and extension of the wrist.
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Measuring the power output of elite athletes – Student Activity
In this activity, students analyse data from an experiment that measures force and velocity for various load conditions in a bench press exercise.
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Muscle dissection – Student Activity
In this activity, students compare red and white muscle flesh and relate this to muscle function, and look at muscle tissue by dissecting a chicken thigh and leg.
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Startling statements – Student Activity
In this activity, students record and average responses to an unseen question about muscles.
