Activity Trackers: Health and Technology Education in the Classroom

Lawrence Bohl, Physical Education (PE), and After School program

Saint Luke Academy

$2,000

Research suggests that children who experience regular physical activity during the academic day, not only perform better in the classroom, but are also happier to be in school. Unfortunately, with the growing demands of academic success on younger students, teachers often lack the time to provide new, engaging activities that motivate students and make movement fun! Mr. Bohl wishes to revolutionize physical activity so that students will be eager to participate in physical activity. His dream is to implement wearable technology coupled with exciting PE lessons, so that students perceive physical activity as a reward rather than a punishment or mundane task. By fulfilling Mr. Bohl's dream, he will be able to create a new era of PE, setting forth an overall healthier and happier environment for students to learn and grow!

"I was inspired for this project by a fellow physical education (PE) teacher from Naperville. He had spearheaded a research project and physical activity (PA) program to measure the effect of increasing PA on certain students. His findings showed that the students with increased PA had better grades, attitudes, and overall success in school (Ratey et al., 2021). I wanted to take his findings of increased student performance with increased PA and get students motivated to move with wearable technology."

Make this dream come true and help shape healthy hearts and happy minds!