Materials List:
Trigonometric Functions in My Heart:
Modeling PPG Pulses with Basic Trigonometric Functions
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/rice4-2386-trigonometric-functions-heart-modeling-ppg-pulses
Modeling PPG Pulses with Basic Trigonometric Functions
Each group needs:
- Personal computer, preferably running Windows software with the Snipping Tool installed
- Microsoft Excel
- MS-Excel PPG-Pulse-Analysis-GUI to analyze photoplethysmography
- CMS-50D Plus Fingertip Pulse Oximeter with mini USB interface and computer software assistant, available online or CONTEC CMS-P PC-based pulse oximeter blood oxygen SPO2 monitor+PC software+USB, available online
- Note: in the event pulse oximeters are not available, use data from a database of PPG pulses + graph analysis worksheets in Excel. Shimmer, a company that produces wearable wireless sensing products, has sample Pulse PPG data available for download. Have students create a pulse amplitude vs time graph for 5 seconds of data.
To share with the entire class:
- Student Activity Guide, one per student
- Activity Pre-Assessment, one per student