Designed to model the physiologic tests used to determine lung health, this activity allows students to measure their own lung capacities following methods similar to those used by physicians and respiratory therapists. In addition, students compare lung capacity measurements for the entire class and analyze the data using such mathematical calculations as mean, median, mode and range.
Lung volume, vital capacity, tidal volume, expiratory reserve, volume respiration rate, ambient temperature and pressure saturated with water vapor, body temperature and pressure saturated with water vapor, minute ventilation, inspiratory capacity, respiratory therapist
