Fitness in Physical EducationBy: Liz Faulkner

Goal:

•To improve and promote lifelong physical activity to students.

Fitnessgram/Activitygram

•Goals: Promotes lifetime physical activity

•Cost: $599 for first year •Than an annual $150 a year•This annual fee covers all

updates to the fitnessgram and activitygram software

•Buy Online www.fitnessgram.com

Fitnessgram software• Fitnessgram assesses many different areas of health-

related fitness• Aerobic Capacity, Muscular endurance and Strength,

Flexibility and body composition• Show students improvement over the year in P.E. class

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•Fitnessgram/Activitygram software makes it convenient for teachers to

• import students or manually enter their data

•assign students to classes and teachers•enter test scores, or allow students to

enter them• pull reports on classes and students.

Activitygram/Activity Log• Emphasizes to the students that they need 60 minutes

of daily exercise• The student enters their overall activity in a day for 3

days• The program than generates the total minutes of

activity each day compared to a goal of 60 minutes• periods of time each day spent in activity• Types of activities

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•The software also gives suggestions on how a student can maintain or improve their daily exercise

•This program helps students track their physical activity

Pedometers• A device that counts steps

during activity by detecting the motion on a person’s hips

• Purpose: This device can be used to count steps during the one mile walk

• Motivate students to try to get as many steps as possible during the walk

• Cost: $12 Bought at Creative Health products

Heartrate Monitors• Accurex IIa HRM• Can be used after any test

on the fitnessgram to check the student’s heart rate.

• Purpose: To help student’s learn about heart rate and to match intensity with a number

• Cost: $60- $150• Can be bought at Creative

Health Products

Skinfold Caliper• A skinfold caliper is a device used to measure

the amount of non-lean tissue on the body. By extension, it can be used to generate a rough estimate of body fat percentage

• Purpose: Teach students about the importance of body composition

• Cost: $5 • Buy: Creative Health Products website http://www.chponline.com/store/cart.php

•This program together can help students learn at an early age to be physically fit for the rest of their life