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Need New PE Tech? Here are 14 Steps to Getting it Funded by a Hospital

One of the great, but often overlooked, ways to get funding for PE technology is through your local healthcare foundations. This is how PE teachers, Eric Scheunemann & Jacob Breunig, were able to secu...

Oct 17, 2025 PhysEd

Freeze & Breathe: A SEL Activity for PE

Get your students invested by introducing social and emotional learning activities into the classroom with the enjoyable game 'Freeze and Breathe.' ...

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Oct 15, 2025 PhysEd

Don't Let Teacher Turnover Disrupt Your PE Program

Teacher turnover is a reality in education. As highlighted in a recent EdSource article , even with rising optimism, teachers are still leaving the profession. This can be disruptive for any school, b...

Sep 16, 2025 PhysEd

Move More, Live Longer: Protecting Kids’ Hearts Through PE

At Heart Zones, we believe that movement is medicine, and now science is proving it once again. A new longitudinal cohort study on childhood cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profiles has revealed tha...

Sep 9, 2025 PhysEd

Move to Learn: How PE Fuels Better Classroom Performance

At Heart Zones, we believe movement is more than exercise. It’s a spark for learning. A new study highlighted by Medical Xpress reinforces what PE teachers have known for years : when students are act...

Sep 8, 2025 PhysEd

Unlocking Student Effort: A PE Teacher’s Guide to MVPA & FIT Points

As Physical Education teachers, we constantly strive to engage students and provide meaningful, objective ways to measure activity and effort. Traditional “one-size-fits-all” approaches—counting laps,...

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Aug 25, 2025 PhysEd

Why AI First for Health and Physical Education Teachers?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn’t just about coding or computers, it’s reshaping education in ways that open more doors for health and physical education teachers. And why is AI good for physical and...

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Aug 20, 2025 PhysEd

Why Everyone—Especially Students—Should Use Heart Rate Monitors and Fitness Trackers Daily

In today’s fast-paced world, where screens dominate and sedentary behavior is the norm, wearable fitness technology is no longer a luxury. Rather, they are a necessity. Tools like heart rate monitors ...

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Aug 13, 2025 PhysEd

The Fitness Test is Back—Here’s How to Make It Better Than Ever

The Presidential Fitness Test is being reinstated for schools, bringing back classic benchmarks like the mile run, push‑ups, sit‑ups, and flexibility assessments. For schools, this revival presents b...

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Jul 31, 2025 PhysEd

New Study Confirms: Movement and SEL Fuel Student Resilience

At Heart Zones, we are thrilled to celebrate the recent publication of a powerful new study, "Physical Activity and Social-Emotional Learning Contribute to Resilience and Psychological Well-Being in S...

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Jul 30, 2025 PhysEd

The Future of PE: Why RFK Jr.’s Wearables Vision Starts in Schools

In a bold move to “Make America Healthy Again,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently proposed a nationwide initiative for every American to use wearable health technology. The goal: empower people to monito...

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Jul 21, 2025 PhysEd

How Heart Rate and Activity Trackers Are Transforming Physical Education

In today's tech-enhanced classrooms, wearable fitness technology is no longer just a trend, it's a game changer for student health. A recent study from the International Journal of Physical Education,...

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Jul 16, 2025

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