For the middle School level By: Jonathan Pressman NEW FITNESS TESTING AND SKILL IMPROVEMENT TOOLS

 The ability to show improvements in student health is important for all parties involved. The students, their families, the school districts, etc.  With tangible data, students can SEE what they are accomplishing by participating in Physical Education class.  Parental support for the PE program will be increased if their child brings home a fitness related report card during the school year.  There is never a downside to having access to more and better information. WHY ACCURATE FITNESS TESTING IS NEEDED IN THE PE ENVIRONMENT

…is always a good thing to have on your side… DATA!

Our school would benefit GREATLY from:  Heart rate monitors  Pedometers  Fitness tracking software  Projector and DVD player setup  Stop watches THE EQUIPMENT

 They are low cost and provide easily understandable data.  Students will be able to use them with little instruction.  We will be able to track each students fitness from the first day of the year to the last.  Basic physiology will be integrated into PE lessons HEART RATE MONITORS POLAR FT1

 Ease of use!  Very low cost!  Students can take their work home with them  Show students and their parents true activity levels  Can be tracked and charted easily  Fun competition can be made using step numbers PEDOMETERS ACCUSPLIT AX120

 Very low cost  Incorporates mathematics into the PE classroom  Gives students a baseline for future activities  Helps students to track progress in their fitness  Students like using them!! STOP WATCHES ACCUSPLIT S3MAGXL

 This will be used to show fitness oriented lessons from warm up exercises to skills practices  At-Home workout videos can be used for fitness lessons  Use students love for TV to our advantage!!  Great tool for getting larger groups to stay on task PROJECTOR AND DVD PLAYER

 This software is they key to making the other 4 items in my proposal succeed  This software can be set up where each student has their own account that is accessible from anywhere  Software tracks student’s diet as well as exercise and data from HRM’s, Pedometers, and other electronics  Will be used to track the progress of each student from the start of their PE class to the end  Can be integrated into the Health curriculum as well! FITNESS TRACKING SOFTWARE TRAINING PEAKS WKO+

Products & Cost THE SPECIFICS

 Heart rate monitors:  Polar FT1 - $59 ea.  Pedometers:  AccuSplit AX120 - $24.99 ea.  Stop Watches:  AccuSplit S3MagXL - $13 ea.  Projector & DVD setup:  INSANITY video series - $90  Optima SVGA-DLP Media Projector - $499  Projecta ModelB 106” pull-down screen - $199  Fitness Tracking Software:  Training Peaks WKO+ for teacher - $99  Student home version software is free …The HPE department can work comfortably with a budget of $3500… HOW MANY OF EACH DO WE NEED?

Thank you for your time and consideration ADDING THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO OUR HEALTH & PE PROGRAM IS INVESTING IN SUCCESS!