What MVPA Tells You About Your Studentsā Activity Physical education is a crucial part of developing healthy lifestyles, and Heart Zones is dedicated to helping students develop a lifetime of fitness using personalized data through the Smart PE Movement™. Our mission is to teach students and train teachers how heart rate and other data points…
Trying to find ways to engage your physical education class? Here are some of our top fun PE games. As a physical education teacher, it can be difficult to find ways to engage your middle school students with PE games and lessons. Want additional lesson plans that will help you leverage wearable technology to keep…
Why Choose Heart Zones? Q: Why did you choose the Heart Zones Move Solution? A: We chose your product due to it easy implementation into our existing physical education programs. For the past three years we have been a show case school district for the Polar Gofit program. Our teachers found their product to be…
Heart Zones FIT Points Thanks to Ken Cooper, MD, writing the paradigm-shifting book Aerobics almost fifty years ago, the world has taken a giant step forward by following his exercise prescription of counting āaerobic pointsā. He carefully designed a new generation of exercise and sparked a revolution in fitness that was based on important principles,…
Using a Heart Rate Monitor to Screen for Heart Health in Physical EducationĀ© āOne of the reasons I first became interested in the Heart Zones Move Solution was for its ability to āscreenā students for potential heart health challenges.Ā A number of years ago, I had a 4th grade student go down in my PE…
Through local fundraisers and the persistence of Deb VanKlei, which led to a PEP grant, Stillwater Public Schools was able to secure 3 heart zones systems and step trackers. You know faculty really cares about their students when they go to such great lengths to find an alternative solution to enhance the enjoyment of PE…
It takes confidence and innovation for an entire school district to equip their Physical Education departments in all schools with cutting-edge technology. Thatās just what the Sauk Praire, Wisconsin school district decided was best for their students and their programs. Once they took the leap, success abounded. Funding requirements to purchase the hardware, software, and…
When we select a new Showcase School for the Heart Zones Move Solution, we are really looking for teachers, students and administration who has adopted the Heart Zones way. We couldn’t be more thankful for Tom Horner and Mary Mann fromĀ Lake City Public Schools (ISD 813) and their use of the Heart Zones Move Solution…
Maybe you heard, maybe you didn’t, but last year the Smart PE Movement took off on the wings of the Heart Zones Move Solution. For those of you just now hearing the term “Smart PE”, get ready because Smart PE is the future of physical education, and the future is now! 3 things youĀ need to…
Imagine it is the first day of school and there is a good buzz going around the school campus. There is talk about a new innovative, progressive program that will be implemented into physical education classes. Students, parents, and school staff members are looking forward to bringing technology into the physical education curriculum through the…