Human Skin Temperature and Biological Clocks: A Laboratory Exercise for Physiology Students

Authors

K. A. Langley, University of Iowa
G. E. Folk Jr., University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

A simple laboratory experiment is described, consisting of taking the mean temperature between two fingers of human subjects. The results from comparing male and female students is presented. The change in skin temperature over four hours is documented, to demonstrate the importance of doing standardized experiments at the same time of day.

Publication Date

April 1983

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

20

Issue

1

First Page

13

Last Page

16

Copyright

© Copyright 1983 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Langley, K. A. and Folk, G. E. Jr. (1983) "Human Skin Temperature and Biological Clocks: A Laboratory Exercise for Physiology Students," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol20/iss1/6