Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is a widely used and reliable indicator to monitor and guide exercise intensity. The scale allows individuals to subjectively rate their level of exertion during exercise or exercise testing. Developed by Gunnar Borg, it is often also referred to as the Borg Scale.
This resource explains the Borg Scale and includes a visual display.
This is a comprehensive website full of strength, conditioning, fitness, flexibility, and self-care activities. These resources can be used by the physical educator to create fitness-type workouts or students can use this website to develop their own workouts.
This website has a series of visuals that can be downloaded, printed, and displayed in the physical education gymnasium or class. These visuals range cover varying topics such as the FITT Principle, BORG Rating, and the Conflict Corner.
This is an interactive game that can be used when teaching a lesson on resting heart rate and its relationship to moderate and vigorous activity. Students can use this interactive to determine their desired intensity level.
The focus is on how physical exercise conditions the heart, lungs, and muscles. Students learn to differentiate between aerobic exercises that provide cardiorespiratory benefits and those that do not. They also learn about the importance of muscular endurance and strength as components of fitness.
Learning Goals: 1. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the importance and benefits of a good workout by answering questions correctly during the "Fitness Monopoly" activity.2. Students will participate in a workout consisting of a warm-up, a workout, and a cool down.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This visual was created for grade 6 fitness unit (but is applicable to many levels) in which students explored concepts related to heart rate and its relationship to aerobic fitness. Using the modified chart (the Borg RPE Scale actually goes from levels 6-20), students would create activity plans to improve their cardiorespiratory endurance. Students may also check their heart rate throughout fitness activities and refer to the chart to make sure they are working within the proper heart rate zone.
This website contains many resources to download and use in Health/PE education. Look for the link to download Borg RPE resource.
A colorful eye-catching visual for teaching the F.I.T.T. principle to students. This is a free download and a great resource to print or display for classrooms.
This link leads you to a list of several downloadable resources. You will see the Fitness - F.I.T.T. link in the resources.
This resource from Open Online Physical Education Network is a learning activity demonstrating fitness activities with proper form and attention to safety titled "Tools for Learning FITTness Knowledge". Students will work together to rotate through and complete the FITTness routine. Task cards help students learn and apply the FITT principle while doing the activity.
Note: Open Online Physical Education Network is a free resource, but teachers will need to create a free account to access this resource.