Heart Rate Monitors

Jan 9th follow up....We discussed at what grade level these would be most effective. We believe that 4th-6th grade are still motivated intrinsically and extrinsically. That being said, we think 7th-12th grade would benefit the most from the heart rate monitors. We are discussing cost of the monitors and how we can implement these in our PE curriculum so that they are cost effective.

The PE department would like to get and use heart rate monitors. That way students are more in charge of their fitness. We would give them different amounts of times where they have to be in the healthy heart rate fitness zone. Students would be able to assess their own bodies and heart rates and see where they are. Are they succeeding? Or do they need to be moving more?  We think heart rate monitor would be a great assessment tool for us and for the students. They would be in charge of their own movement. Making sure they do what they can to stay in that zone.