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William Penn High School PE  Welcomes . . .
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Links to Presentation Slides
  • Your heart at work


  • Loti Level


  • Polar Products


  • Examples from HRMs


  • On-line Tutorials


  • The New PE





  • The Standards


  • Authentic Assessment


  • Lt. Governor’s Challenge


  • Picture Page


  • Target Heart Rate


  • Semantic Web
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Why use the Polar Fitness  Program?
  • Health and PE are the only require courses throughout a student’s school years that focuses on their physical well being. It’s imperative that Health and PE teachers recognize this and expand their teaching their methods to teach how students learn best.
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State of the Art Technology
  • Increases Loti Level
  • Gives hands on computer experience
  • Access to Polar’s Internet Wellness Center and individualized fitness reports
  • Simple to use






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POLAR USA @ WPHS
  • Click to view State-of-the-art equipment in Colonial
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Examples From Wm Penn Students
  • Heart Rate Graphs and data that can be acquired from the Polar Heart Rate Monitors and Trifit
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On-line Tutorials
  • Creating TriFIT Reports  (need Macromedia Flash)
  •  GRAPHICAL SUMMARY: The most popular student report
  • DATA SUMMARY: A one page student Summary Report
  •  PERSONAL PROFILE: Up to 26 page extensive Student Report
  • BATCH PRINTING: Print all student reports at one time
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The New PE is Important
  • For students - as a preventive, it can be used to fight today's epidemic levels of:
  • childhood obesity
  • diabetes
  • other problems directly related to inactivity.
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The Benefits of “The New PE”
  • Success despite atheltic ability
  • Safest most efficient way to exercise
  • Rewards effort not performance
  • Reduces competition against others
  • Learn to exercise based on current fitness level
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New PE Can Impact Students’ lifestyles . . .
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Standards
  • NASPE – These 7 outcome-based standards provide a basis for identifying program strengths and weaknesses, and for setting realistic goals and strategies to align curriculum and instructional assessment practices. Lessons with our Polar Products authentically address and assess the individual leaning.


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 Polar Meets The Standards
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Authentic Assessment
  • Rubrics for Assessing in PE
  • Assessment Tips for Teachers
  • Assessment Using Portfolios



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Curriculum Development
  • Our ultimate goal is for the students to evaluate where they are, determine where they need to be, and what has to be done to get there!
  • Goal setting and action plan sheets will play a vital role, and through authentic  assessment teachers’ will help the students achieve their goals.


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Books We Use To Enhance 
Our Curriculum
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To Assist William Penn Students in Developing Their Own Individual Fitness Plan
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Polar Picture Page
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How much exercise is enough?
  • In order to find out we must follow two very important steps!


  • Find your resting heart rate.
  • Find your maximum heart rate.


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Polar Semantic Web to Help Review