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,... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed Aug 26, 2025 PhysEd
Alimacani Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida What was your first experience with Heart Zones? Aaron Jones, the PE teacher at Alimacani Elementary School, first experienced Heart Zones at their annual SHAPE Florida convention in 2017. Aaron spoke... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors model school physed Aug 23, 2025 Model Schools
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... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed Aug 21, 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... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed student 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... PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed Jul 31, 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... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed Jul 22, 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,... PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed Jul 17, 2025 PhysEd
Out with the Old Fitnessgram Cost and Hassle For decades, FitnessGram™ has served as a benchmark for student fitness assessment. But as technology and education evolve, so must the tools we use to engage and empower our students. That’s why we b... PE teacher PE tech assessments health physed May 23, 2025 PhysEd
The One-Size-Fits-All Age Adjusted Maximum Heart Rate Equation Fits No One Position Statement: The 220-minus-age equation regularly used to estimate an individual’s maximum heart rate (MHR) is invalid for this purpose. The equation, first published in 1970 from data with lar... assessments health heart rate monitors physed Apr 17, 2025 Free Resources
7 Healthy Heart Assessments to Save Lives For the first time , the Physical and Health Education teacher, the coach, and the after school program directions are able to see live biofeedback on a student’s response to different exercise intens... assessments health heart rate monitors physed Apr 2, 2025 Free Resources
Natomas Charter School - Natomas, California At Natomas Charter, they strongly push positive group/social dynamics. Since adding Heart Zones, they have been able to move towards a very objective assessment of whether or not they hit the MVPA (moderate to vigorous physical activity) level during class. PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors model school physed student Jan 28, 2025 Model Schools
Measuring Physical Activity: The Role of MVPA and FIT Points in Education In physical education, heart rate data is a valuable tool for assessing student performance and engagement. Teachers can evaluate students using two primary methods: Moderate to Vigorous Physical Acti... PE teacher PE tech assessments health heart rate monitors physed student Dec 11, 2024 PhysEd