Thomas J. Conley

Parkway West High School, 
Ballwin, MO


1998

Frontiers in Physiology

Summer Research Teacher

 

Mark M. Kneupfer, Ph.D.
St. Louis University 
Medical School

1998

Summer Research Host
Cardiovascular Inquiry Using
Lumbriculus variegatus, Mudworms
Grade Level: High School 
Subject:  Cardiovascular Physiology
Students in grades 9-12 can use this activity to develop a controlled experiment and to examine the effects of an environmental factor on the pulse rate (heart rate) of a mudworm.
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