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
