Asking Questions in Biology

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 26.06.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. At The Heart Of The Matter
  2. School Profile
  3. The Heart Behind The Lesson
  4. Content Objectives
  5. The History Of Heart Research
  6. The Science Of The Heart
  7. The Heart In Motion
  8. The Heart Of Inquiry
  9. The Heart Of Teaching
  10. Appendix A
  11. Bibliography
  12. Notes

Heart Rate Detectives: Exploring Human Biology Through Data and Inquiry

Stephanie Hooks

Published September 2026

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Notes

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[2] Pasipoularides, Ares. "Galen, father of systematic medicine. An essay on the evolution of modern medicine and cardiology." International journal of cardiology, (2014)

[3] Shukla et al., "Tracing the evolution of cardiology: Pioneering discoveries and paradigm shifts in cardiovascular care." American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice (2026).

[4] Buckberg, Gerald D., Julien IE Hoffman, H. Cecil Coghlan, and Navin C. Nanda. "Ventricular structure–function relations in health and disease: Part I. The normal heart." European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 47, no. 4 (2015).

[5] Mahmood, et al., “The Framingham Heart Study and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease: a historical perspective.” The Lancet (2014): pgs. 999-1008

[6] Mahmood, et al., (2014)

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[8] Mahmood, et al., (2014)

[9] Mahmood, et al., (2014)

[10] Mahmood, et al., (2014)

[11] Pixers, Vector Illustration of Diagram of the Human Heart Anatomy, accessed July 10, 2026, https://pixers.nl/fotobehang/vector-illustratie-van-diagram-van-het-menselijk-hart-anatomie-61710216

[12] C. Louis-Charles, Your Body's User Manual for Your Heart & Cardiovascular System (Cybersoft Publishing, 2026).

[13] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[14] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[15] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[16] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[17] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[18] Abdalla et al. "VO2 Max in Clinical Cardiology: Clinical Applications, Evidence Gaps, and Future Directions." Current cardiology reports (2025)

[19] Abdalla et al., (2025)

[20] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

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[22] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[23] C. Louis-Charles, (2026)

[24] Graham, Garth. "Disparities in cardiovascular disease risk in the United States." Current cardiology reviews (2015)

[25] Graham, Garth (2015)

[26] Graham, Garth (2015)

[27] Graham, Garth (2015)

[28] GR. Hunter et al., “A Role For High Intensity Exercise on Energy, Balance and Weight Control”, The International Journal of Obesity (1998): pgs. 489-490.

[29] James Carter, Eric Banister, and Andrew Blaber., “Effect of Endurance Exercise on Autonomic Control of Heart Rate”, Sports Medicine (2003):

[30] Firestein, Stuart. Ignorance: How It Drives Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

[31] Berger, Warren. A more beautiful question: The power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2014

[32] Berger, Warren, (2014)

[33] Duran, Lena Ballone, and Emilio Duran. "The 5E instructional model: A learning cycle approach for inquiry-based science teaching." Science Education Review 3, no. 2 (2004): 49-58.

[34] Duran and Duran, (2004)

[35] Thomas P. Carpenter, Elizabeth Fennema, Megan Loef Franke, Linda Levi, and Susan B. Empson, Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction, 2nd ed. (Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2015), page number.

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