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Just For Kids
School Science Projects - Exercise & Sports
 Looking for an idea for a science project about the exercise, sports, and asthma? Here are a few ideas to help:
- Educate your class about exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Explain to them:
- Make a display or poster with a diagram of the lungs and show how the lungs work. You could also show the difference between someone with EIB vs. someone without EIB.
- Create a list of helpful hints for people with EIB and hand it out to classmates.
- Inform classmates about how they can help a friend who has EIB if they have an attack.
- Teach classmates about what activities are okay for someone who has EIB.
 Measure lung capacity with:- Construct a lung
- Gather your classmates together and time their breathing. Compare how many breaths they take:
- Per minute
- Per hour
- Per day
- Per year
- Show classmates what its like to have EIB by passing out drink straws, then have them run in place for 1 minute while breathing through the straw.
- Show a video telling about EIB similar to the one found here.
For more information on allergies and asthma, visit the AAAAI: Patients and Consumers Center: Diseases 101, the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America (AAFA), and the Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA).
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